BIB_ID
118224
Accession number
MA 1011
Creator
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Display Date
[1759 Jan.-Feb.].
Credit line
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.
Provenance
Signature of A. A. Smets, June 9, 1841 on front flyleaf; purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1924.
Summary
Written on the rectos of 23 leaves, with corrections and revisions throughout.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (22.6 cm)
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