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MANUSCRIPT - Lady's Common Place Book of Prose - 1828 WPLJ0261
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A Selection of Pieces in Prose by Miss Jane Roehead, January 1828.
DESCRIPTION: Manuscript on paper, size 120x 155mm comprising of 196 pages of fine script, very legible and neat.Each page within ruled borders. The title page within pen and ink decorative border in brown and blue, likewise the second page of the scriptor, Miss Jane Roehead January 1828. With a list of content bound in contemporary half calf. Spine gilt, 'Lettered Prose' to the spine.
FURTHER COMMENTS
A delightful collection of contemporary prose and passages including stories and anecdotes. Some of which have authorship indicated though many do not and some may well be original for example, 'A fast days excursion 6th November 1828' which suggests Scotish origin to this collection.
Further research and in depth reading may reveal more about the authorship of what is clearly conceived as a finished book with its own contents leaf beautifully written. We are unable to trace Jane Roehead.
SIZE: 120x 155mm
CONDITION: Binding is a little worn and cracked at joints but quite sound with minor faults only and generally very clean throughout.