Record ID:
118224
Accession number:
MA 1011
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.
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