MARTIN F. TUPPER - AUTOGRAPH 01/10/1867 - HFSID 73433
Sale Price $150.00
Reg. $180.00
MARTIN TUPPER
The author-graph, er, autograph of the author of Proverbial
Philosophy, which sold over a million copies in the mid-19th century
Signature: "The Author-graph, - i.e. autograph/of/Martin F. Tupper/Mount's
Bay House. Penzance. Jan'y 10 67". Withpencil notation on verso in
unknown hand. 6¾x4½.Tupper (1810-1889, born in Albury, Surrey,
England) was an English writer, playwright, poet and inventor. He's probably
best known for Proverbial Philosophy, published in 1837. Filled with
long moralizing proverbs written in blank verse, Proverbial Philosophy
eventually went through 40 editions and sold over a million copies in America
between 1837 and 1867. Lightly toned and rippled. Neatly torn from larger
sheet at top and left edges. Folded once and unfolded. Otherwise in fine
condition.
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