Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley autograph manuscript draft: 'The Invisible Girl' [incomplete]
MS. 19324
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley autograph manuscript draft: 'The Invisible Girl' [incomplete]
Shelfmark
MS. 19324
Summary
Autograph manuscript draft [incomplete] of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's short story, 'The Invisible Girl' [c. Jul 1832].
Date
[c.Jul 1832]
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
Custodial history
This manuscript was sold by Bonhams, London, on 27 March 2019 [lot 197]. The manuscript was originally part of a 19th-century album of autograph letters and manuscripts, retaining evidence it was at some point pasted onto a guard and bearing a 19th-century inscription, 'Mrs Shelley – Author of Frankenstein &c'. The album was sold separately at the same auction by Bonhams in March 2019 [lot 191]. The album had the bookplate of John Coubrough of Blanefield [c.1841-1921] who had presumably collected the material.
Acquisition
Purchased with the generous support of the Friends of the National Libraries from Maggs Bros. Ltd, 2020.
Subject
Literature
Women
19th century
English literature -- 19th century
English literature
