Item 10a.39 - Manuscript by Edward Bulwer [afterwards Lord Lytton] purportedly describing proceedings of the Union Society

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Reference code

O./10a.39

Title

Manuscript by Edward Bulwer [afterwards Lord Lytton] purportedly describing proceedings of the Union Society

Date(s)

  • [1824?] (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 vol., c 208 x 137 x 70 mm, 31 ff., 2 endpapers at both front and back; 1 folded sheet, loose.

Context area

Archival history

This manuscript appears as lot 137 in the catalogue of an auction sale by the American Art Association held in New York on 20-21 Dec. 1920, described as 'from several private collections including a portion of the library of the late H. S. Marlor of New York City.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Gift of Henry Gage Spicer, Mar. 1937; a letter from Spicer to H. M. Adams, Librarian, dated 16 Mar. accompanies the volume.

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Scope and content

Lettered in gilt on spine: 'Union Society of Trinity College, Cambridge - 1824'. Stamp on verso of second front endpaper, 'Morrell. Binder. London'. Note on first page: 'A few days before the first meeting of the Union Society in Mich[aelm]as term 1824 aread more

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Publication note

American Art Association Illustrated Catalogue of a Highly Important Collection of Books, Manuscripts, Letters from Several Private Collections, Including a Portion of the Library of the Late H.S. Marlor of New York City: To be Sold ... on Monday andread more

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Alternative identifier(s)

Preferred form of reference

O.10a.39

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