The reformed, or, The captive of the Castle of Sennaar
Subtitle: a salutory tale
By: by George Cumberland.
Series: Blake -- no. 999
Published: 1834
Language: eng
Format: Manuscript
Number of pages: 377
Notes: Holograph.

"Part 1. Exhibiting the fruits of natural religion. Part 2. Those derived from revelation."  The manuscript is composed of part 2 only.

Bound in three-quarter brown leather, gilt, over brown marbled boards, the spine gilt with "The captive Vol. 2".

See Bentley for an explanation of the gatherings, interleaves, and watermarks.

Part 1 of "The reformed" was published in 1798 and then again in 1810.  The text of this manuscript (part 2) was probably composed in or around 1810. The transcript, however, was made in or after 1831 (watermark date for text-sheets) and revised in or after 1834 (watermark date of interleaves).

Includes two specimen proof leaves laid in.  The presence of these two proofs seems to indicate that Cumberland proposed to publish part 2 first in 1810 and then again in 1835. Cf. Bentley.

The two parts were later published togther by G.E. Bentley under the title, The captive of the Castle of Sennaar.

Bentley, G.E.  Bibliography of George Cumberland, pp. 104-110

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