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The mysterious mother : a tragedy
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Title
The mysterious mother : a tragedy, 1785.
Physical Description
1 v. (109 p.) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Title from spine.
Binding: full red morocco. In gilt on spine: The Mysterious Mother.
In English.
Provenance
Purchased from Pickering & Chatto, September 1997.
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. On the flyleaf is a note which declares, "This copy was taken by me from the printed copy given by Mr Walpole to his friend Sir Horace Mann Baronet & K. B...who kindly permitted me to take a copy in the year 1785 during my residence at Pisa in Tuscany."
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.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Plays (literary genre)
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