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Bound in 3/4 red morocco, blind stamped but without gilding or lettering, over brown marbled boards, the edges gilt, uniform with two other manuscripts by Cumberland.

Paper is watermarked: HALL 1815 and crowned crest with a hunting horn (pastedowns and leaves 1 and 20); G PIKE 1817 and crowned medallion with Britannia (leaves 3, 5, 8, 10, 13-18); J BUDGEN 1820 and crowned crest with a lion (leaves 2, 4, 6-7, 9, 11-12, 19).

Pages 1-4, 7-8, 11-14, 17-18, 20-24, and 34-40 are blank.

Date underneath caption title: 24 June 1816 [altered to] 1826.

"The original composition of these "Remarks" may have been in 1816, but this fair copy cannot have been made before 1817, the watermark-date of the text leaves, nor can it have been bound as at present before 1820, the watermark date of the blank leaves"--Bentley.

Bentley, G.E. Bibliography of George Cumberland, p. 110-113.

Gift to Victoria University Library. Bentley, G.E., Jr. 2005/10/01.