"The night is dark, and I am far from home, / lead thou me on!"



NEWMAN, John Henry.
[Autograph manuscript excerpt from "Lead, Kindly Light"].
18 February 1871. Oblong 8vo (15.2 x 21.1 cm) With a calligraphed title page in red and black, the manuscript leaf mounted in a passe partout. Twentieth-century (after 1901) gold-tooled red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, with the title, author and date lettered in gold on the spine, on the front board a cardinal's galero and cords surrounding a shield bearing the initials "JHN" (John Henry Newman) which are surrounded by six small gilt roundels, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt edges, brown endpapers. The work is kept in a red cloth folding case with the title lettered in gold on the spine. [3 blank], [1], [1 blank], [1], [15 blank] ll. Full description
€ 9,500
18 February 1871. Oblong 8vo (15.2 x 21.1 cm) With a calligraphed title page in red and black, the manuscript leaf mounted in a passe partout. Twentieth-century (after 1901) gold-tooled red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, with the title, author and date lettered in gold on the spine, on the front board a cardinal's galero and cords surrounding a shield bearing the initials "JHN" (John Henry Newman) which are surrounded by six small gilt roundels, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt edges, brown endpapers. The work is kept in a red cloth folding case with the title lettered in gold on the spine. [3 blank], [1], [1 blank], [1], [15 blank] ll. Full description


























