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The mysterious mother : a tragedy
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Title
The mysterious mother : a tragedy, 1768 / by Mr. Horace Walpole.
Physical Description
1 v. (63 leaves) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Title from title page.
Marbled endpapers.
Binding: full calf; gilt decoration. In gilt on spine: The Mysterious Mother. Horace Walpole.
In English.
Provenance
Purchased from W. Heffer and Sons, March 1940. Previously owned by Sir Herbert Raphael.
Access and use
This material is available for research.
Summary
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a transcript of Walpole's tragedic play, written in blank verse, concerning incest and clerical corruption. At the end of the volume is included a transcript of Walpole's postscript.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
July 29, 2008
References
The mysterious mother / by Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill, 1768.
Horace Walpole, The Mysterious Mother. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Horace Walpole, The Mysterious Mother. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
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Genre/Form
Plays (literary genre)
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