Record ID:
131755
Accession number:
MA 500
Credit:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description:
1 item (ca. 110 p.), bound ; 9.4 x 13.1 cm
Notes:
Inscribed "Fanny / Vienna / Oct. 1816" on first page.
Shelved for many years in drawer of Pierpont Morgan's desk in the West Room of The Morgan Library & Museum.
Entries are written on the rectos and most versos of 55 leaves. Followed by ca. 50 blank leaves.
Summary:
Many entries are in French in the form "Mon premier est... / mon second est... / mon tout est..." Includes an autograph manuscript of Sir Walter Scott's poem "Jock o'Hazeldean," dated Abbotsford, 1819 July 24.
Housed in:
Blue cloth drop-spine box (11.5 cm)
Binding:
Red leather gilt, with a floral border.
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan in 1907.
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