An April day or Autolycus at service by Robert Louis Stevenson [manuscript], ca. 1880.

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An April day or Autolycus at service by Robert Louis Stevenson [manuscript], ca. 1880.

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Autograph manuscript of Act I only. This is a quite variant version of the play of which N.b.31 is the only nearly complete MS. There is some reason to believe that this Act I is a later version than that of N.b.31.

32 leaves.

Folger Shakespeare Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7109881

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Field, Isobel, 1858-1953

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