Original manuscript of Some dealings with the firm of Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens, vol. 8
Manuscript
1848 (hand written)
1848 (hand written)
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334 and 267 (two sequences) leaves, bound in 8 volumes.
Collation: v.1 (1-95), v.2 (96-169), v.3 (170-253), v.4 (254-334), v.5 (1-57), v.6 (58-142), v.7 (143-197), v.8 (198-267).
Numbering peculiarities: v.2 leaves 101-2, 104-5 comprise printed leaves with ms. corrections. In v.4 leaves 300, 299 have been bound in wrong order.
Memoranda for headings and numbering of chapters on prelims of v.1.
Mounted and bound in eight volumes. Written on handmade, wove writing paper. Many leaves have cancelled text on the verso. Written mainly in iron-gall, with some sections in blue ink.
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 v.; rebound in 1995 in 8 v. in brown morocco half leather with marbled papers over boards. In drop back solander boxes.
Collation: v.1 (1-95), v.2 (96-169), v.3 (170-253), v.4 (254-334), v.5 (1-57), v.6 (58-142), v.7 (143-197), v.8 (198-267).
Numbering peculiarities: v.2 leaves 101-2, 104-5 comprise printed leaves with ms. corrections. In v.4 leaves 300, 299 have been bound in wrong order.
Memoranda for headings and numbering of chapters on prelims of v.1.
Mounted and bound in eight volumes. Written on handmade, wove writing paper. Many leaves have cancelled text on the verso. Written mainly in iron-gall, with some sections in blue ink.
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 v.; rebound in 1995 in 8 v. in brown morocco half leather with marbled papers over boards. In drop back solander boxes.
Object details
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| Title | Original manuscript of Some dealings with the firm of Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens, vol. 8 (assigned by artist) |
| Brief description | Manuscript, 'Some dealings with the firm of Dombey and Son' by Charles Dickens, vol. 8 (ff. 198-267), England, 1848 |
| Physical description | 334 and 267 (two sequences) leaves, bound in 8 volumes. Collation: v.1 (1-95), v.2 (96-169), v.3 (170-253), v.4 (254-334), v.5 (1-57), v.6 (58-142), v.7 (143-197), v.8 (198-267). Numbering peculiarities: v.2 leaves 101-2, 104-5 comprise printed leaves with ms. corrections. In v.4 leaves 300, 299 have been bound in wrong order. Memoranda for headings and numbering of chapters on prelims of v.1. Mounted and bound in eight volumes. Written on handmade, wove writing paper. Many leaves have cancelled text on the verso. Written mainly in iron-gall, with some sections in blue ink. 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 v.; rebound in 1995 in 8 v. in brown morocco half leather with marbled papers over boards. In drop back solander boxes. |
| 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/160/8 |
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