MANUSCRIPT COMMONPLACE BOOK
N.p. N.p., N.d. 1/2 Leather. Sm 4to (9.3 in, 23.5 cm). 51 hand-paginated [52-89] [2 blanks] [90-128] [4 blanks] [129-139] [1 blank] [140-145] [1 blank] pp.
Commonplace Book: "Personal notebook [often manuscript] in which the owner copied passages of interest from the writings and speeches of others, or in which he wrote his own compositions." - Glaister 107. Poems include Forget-Me-Not, Ode to Spring, and Fortune Dooms Me; essay.
Half roan with paper-covered boards. Front flyleaf watermarked "Newman 1818." Wove paper faintly lined. Paper bookmark with notes. Roan worn. Interior tight, clean, organized, and neatly-scripted. Commonplace book of May 1829. Good. Item #1117
Price: $100.00