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CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT by JAMES CARGILL EDINBURGH 1860 browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques:Decorative Art:Folk Art: Pre 1900: Item # 771083
Doris Frohnsdorff Gaithersburg Maryland 301-869-1256 Guest Book $125.00 |
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| MANUSCRIPT WRITTEN IN CALLIGRAPHY AND ILLUSTRATED and EMBELLISHED BY JAMES CARGILL. EDINBURGH, 1860. 36 pages including covers. The title page reads: POEMS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS WRITTEN BY JAMES CARGILL,TEACHER. EDINBURGH, 1860. Please see enlargement 2 which shows the title page with its small calligraphic drawing at the top of a child's face and the writer's beautiful cursive script and embellishments. The poems include: : The Hope of the Righteous; Hope; War and Love; Life; Lines by MILTON; and, Farewell. The cover is inscribed: Rebecca Bell. Uffington House 5 June 1860. The manuscript has been written on fine laid paper. Some spotting to covers with a small loss to the cover's right fore-edge otherwise in very good condition. Measures 7 1/8 inches by 4 1/4 inches. | |||||||||
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