A fragment in the manner of Rabelais : autograph manuscript, [1759 Jan.-Feb.].

Record ID: 
118224
Accession number: 
MA 1011
Author: 
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Date: 
[1759 Jan.-Feb.].
Credit: 
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1924.
Description: 
1 item (23 p.), bound ; 19.9 cm
Notes: 

Date of writing from New, who argues that this fragment "was his first attempt at what would ultimately become Tristram Shandy." See New for a detailed discussion of the manuscript.

Summary: 

Written on the rectos of 23 leaves, with corrections and revisions throughout.

Housed in: 
Blue cloth drop-spine box (22.6 cm)
Binding: 
Green straight grained morocco, by Macdonald.
Provenance: 
Signature of A. A. Smets, June 9, 1841 on front flyleaf; purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1924.