[The Duke of Zamorna], autograph miniature manuscript

• Original object type: Artefact

Description

Autograph miniature manuscript, untitled, signed ("C Brontë" and “William Percy”) and dated 21 July 1838 at the end, commencing “In a distant retreat very far indeed from the turmoil of cities ... “, incorporating three poems, in a miniature hand with scattered revisions throughout.

42 pages plus two blanks (c.28,000 words), 8vo (185 x 114mm), unwatermarked, blind-stamped “Super Fine Bath”, 22 leaves loose in 11 bifolia.

See: Alexander 58; BrC 210

• Date range: July 1838
• Date: 1838
• Subjects: University Subjects > English
• Collection: English Literature
• Physical Identifier: MS 2266/04