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Letter to Harson J. Purdy, 1908.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Misc Mss Box 21 Folder 28
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Cortissoz, Royal, 1869-1948.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Correspondence.
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Manuscripts, American.
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly laid in a copy of Theophila, or loves sacrifice by Edward Benlowes, 1652, containing the bookplate of former owner J. Harson Purdy (located in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania, folio EC65 B4387 652t).
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (2 leaves)
- Contained In:
- Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 21 Folder 28
- Place of Publication:
- 1908.
- Biography/History:
- Cortissoz was an American art historian and art critic. He wrote for the New York times herald tribune from 1891 to 1948.
- Summary:
- A handwritten letter from Cortissoz to J. Harson Purdy regarding the sale of a copy of the first edition of Quarles emblems, 1635. Enclosed is a clipping from the Pall Mall gazette regarding the Sotheby's sale.
- OCLC:
- 900089645
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