Partly Printed Document, signed, "Washington Irving", as President of the Astor Library: The Trustees of the Astor Library Have received as a donation from [in ink:] His grace the Duke of Northumberland, a copy of The Fragments of the Hieratic Papyrus at Turin containing the names of Egyptian Kings with the Hieratic Inscription at the Back by Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson, F.R.S., etc etc. Dated 21 June 1852, countersigned by Joseph G. Cogswell, superintendent

Irving, Washington

Published by Astor Library, New York, 1852

About this Item

1 vols. 4to. Washington Irving (1783-1859), author of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow and one of the first American authors to achieve success on both sides of the Atlantic, was named to the board of the Astor Library in the will of his friend John Jacob Astor, and served as the library s first president util his death. A choice autograph from late in his career. Traces of old mounts on verso (small flaw at top right corner). Very good.

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• Title: Partly Printed Document, signed, "Washington Irving", as President of the Astor Library: The Trustees of the Astor Library Have received as a donation from [in ink:] His grace the Duke of Northumberland, a copy of The Fragments of the Hieratic Papyrus at Turin containing the names of Egyptian Kings with the Hieratic Inscription at the Back by Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson, F.R.S., etc etc. Dated 21 June 1852, countersigned by Joseph G. Cogswell, superintendent
• Publisher: Astor Library, New York
• Publication Date: 1852
• Binding: 1 vols. 4to
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