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Original manuscript of Sketches of young couples, by Charles Dickens

Manuscript
1840 (hand written)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

77.5 leaves
Bound into the beginning a List of Couples, and of Contents. At the end "an urgent remonstrance, &c. To the Gentlemen of England (being Bachelors or Widowers) The remonstrance of their faithful fellow-subject."
Half bound in red morocco over marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Title on spine: M.S. sketches of young couples.


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TitleOriginal manuscript of Sketches of young couples, by Charles Dickens
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Brief description
Manuscript, Sketches of young couples, by Charles Dickens, England, 1840.
Physical description
77.5 leaves
Bound into the beginning a List of Couples, and of Contents. At the end "an urgent remonstrance, &c. To the Gentlemen of England (being Bachelors or Widowers) The remonstrance of their faithful fellow-subject."
Half bound in red morocco over marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Title on spine: M.S. sketches of young couples.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25cm
Production typeUnique
Object history
Bequeathed by John Forster to the museum in 1876.
Other numbers
  • Forster 48.B.9 - NAL Pressmark
  • 38041800839094 - NAL barcode
Collection
Library number
MSL/1876/Forster/154

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Record createdJuly 26, 2023
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