Signed Autograph Manuscript. An extract from Paul the Pope and Paul the Friar, Adolphus Trollope's historical novel first published in 1860. Signed 'T. Adolphus Trollope' and dated May 6th, 1861.

MANUSCRIPT. TROLLOPE, Thomas Adolphus.

Published by 1861, 1861

24 lines written in black ink on 1 side of a single 4to leaf. Thomas Adolphus Trollope, 1810-1892, Anthony's eldest brother, was a novelist, journalist, editor, and committed Italophile. Resident in Florence from the early 1840s, he produced several well-received novels based on life in that country, often returning to the deep well of Papal intrigue for his stories. Paul the Pope and Paul the Friar was typical of his oeuvre, being a novel about political and religious scheming in Rome and Venice at the end of the sixteenth century. The extract is taken from the 4th chapter of the published novel, and begins 'Those were the days, though they were the last of them.'. It closes with the lines '. the life labour of high intellects had to narrow its ambition from the complete mastery of the omne scibile to the still avowedly incomplete knowledge of the Coleoptera or the Chinese Grammar'. It is not clear for whom this extract was written; it may have served as a souvenir for one of Trollope's devotees, or written to be auctioned or sold for some charitable purpose. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT at 20%. Seller Inventory # 70832

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Title: Signed Autograph Manuscript. An extract from...
Publisher: 1861
Publication Date: 1861