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Papers of Washington Irving, Accession # 6256-ao, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
This collection was purchased from Joseph R. Sakmyster, ADS Autographs on 16 April 1996.
The collection contains page 114 of the manuscript of The History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus , with corrections and changes by Irving [originally tipped into set 44 of The Author's Autograph Edition of Irving's Works ?]; two advertising pages removed from the above set 44; and an engraving of Irving ca. 1895.
The History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus , by Wahington Irving, page 414, with corrections and changes in ink in the the hand of Washington Irving.
Engraving of Washington Irving, seated with view of his upper torso, and an engraved signature
Two advertising pages removed from The Author's Autograph Edition of Irving's Works , Set 44, published by G.P. Putnams Sons.