Autograph Manuscript fragment of “Emelian the Fool”

by George Borrow

$2,750 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

2 pp. pen and ink on 2 leaves of blue paper. 8vo. Worn, with small closed tears at margins. Collie & Fraser E.9 for first separate publication . Item #261505 The working manuscript, with deletions and corrections, of the first two pages of George Borrow’s translation of the Russian folk tale “Emelian the Fool.” As the text differs substantially from the printed version, this is likely one of Borrow’s earlier attempts

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