To
Ivan Turgenev
13? May 1879 • Paris, France (MS, inscription in The Innocents Abroad, not sent: CU-MARK, UCCL 12890)
13? May 1879 • Paris, France (MS, inscription in The Innocents Abroad, not sent: CU-MARK, UCCL 12890)
To Mr Ivan Tourguèneff with the affectionate regards of
The Author.
MS, inscription in a copy of volume 2 of SLC 1879, CU-MARK.
Clemens never gave the autographed volume to Turgenev. He added the following note of explanation to the title page in May 1908: “Tourgeneff asked me to autograph this book for him. Apparently I forgot to return it to him. S L. C”
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.