Original manuscript of Little Dorrit, by Charles Dickens, vol. 5
Manuscript
1855-1857 (written)
1855-1857 (written)
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299 and 283 leaves (two sequences), bound in 8 volumes.
Collation: v.1 (1-73), v.2 (74-161), v.3 (162-217), v.4 (218-299), v.5 (1-69), v.6 (70-154), v.7 (155-211), v.8 (212-283).
Written on handmade, blue, wove writing paper, mainly in blue ink, but with some sections in iron gall. Mounted and bound in 8 volumes. Some leaves have cancelled text on versos.
Memorandums for names, titles and chapter headings etc. on preliminary leaves of vols. 1 and 5. "Dedication" and "Preface" at end of v.8, the latter signed "London, May 1857."
The writing paper is made up of 'Large Post' folio sheets that have been folded into bifolios, producing a 'Large Post' quarto, which were then torn in half by Dickens, mostly before writing. All manuscript leaves therefore have one torn side.
Previously bound in 4 volumes, rebound in the 1990s in 8 volumes in morocco half leather and marbled paper over boards. In conservation boxes.
Collation: v.1 (1-73), v.2 (74-161), v.3 (162-217), v.4 (218-299), v.5 (1-69), v.6 (70-154), v.7 (155-211), v.8 (212-283).
Written on handmade, blue, wove writing paper, mainly in blue ink, but with some sections in iron gall. Mounted and bound in 8 volumes. Some leaves have cancelled text on versos.
Memorandums for names, titles and chapter headings etc. on preliminary leaves of vols. 1 and 5. "Dedication" and "Preface" at end of v.8, the latter signed "London, May 1857."
The writing paper is made up of 'Large Post' folio sheets that have been folded into bifolios, producing a 'Large Post' quarto, which were then torn in half by Dickens, mostly before writing. All manuscript leaves therefore have one torn side.
Previously bound in 4 volumes, rebound in the 1990s in 8 volumes in morocco half leather and marbled paper over boards. In conservation boxes.
Object details
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| Title | Original manuscript of Little Dorrit, by Charles Dickens, vol. 5 |
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| Brief description | Manuscript, Little Dorrit, by Charles Dickens, vol. 5 (ff. 1-69), England, 1855-7. |
| Physical description | 299 and 283 leaves (two sequences), bound in 8 volumes. Collation: v.1 (1-73), v.2 (74-161), v.3 (162-217), v.4 (218-299), v.5 (1-69), v.6 (70-154), v.7 (155-211), v.8 (212-283). Written on handmade, blue, wove writing paper, mainly in blue ink, but with some sections in iron gall. Mounted and bound in 8 volumes. Some leaves have cancelled text on versos. Memorandums for names, titles and chapter headings etc. on preliminary leaves of vols. 1 and 5. "Dedication" and "Preface" at end of v.8, the latter signed "London, May 1857." The writing paper is made up of 'Large Post' folio sheets that have been folded into bifolios, producing a 'Large Post' quarto, which were then torn in half by Dickens, mostly before writing. All manuscript leaves therefore have one torn side. Previously bound in 4 volumes, rebound in the 1990s in 8 volumes in morocco half leather and marbled paper over boards. In conservation boxes. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Charles Dickens to his friend, John Forster; bequeathed by John Forster to the Museum in 1876. |
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| Library number | MSL/1876/Forster/165/5 |
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| Record created | February 21, 2022 |
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