IRVING WASHINGTON Autograph Manuscript unsigned with several

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ANOTHER FRAGMENT FROM "CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS" IRVING, WASHINGTON. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, with several holograph corrections, fragment in 23 lines from the draft of Chapter VII of his (abridged edition of) The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, numbered page 69, likely removed from the 1895 Manuscript Edition of his collected works. 1 page, 8vo; mounted at corners to a larger sheet, minor loss at lower left corner, minor staining at upper right corner. Np, circa 1829

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"[He was] an able and erudite man, above the narrow bigotry of bookish lore and could appreciate the value of wisdom, even when uttered by unlearned lips. . . ."
Provenance: From the Steve Forbes Collection.