DE LA RUE
(Warren, 1815-1889, British Astronomer and Physicist)
Fine signature glued to album leaf with others on reverse
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
7261
£15
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DERBY
(Edward Smith Stanley, 1775-1851, M.P., K.G., President of the Zoological Society, from 1834 13th Earl)
Signature and subscription on a fragment of a letter
to 'My Dear Sir', saying he shall "be honoured to comply", 2" x 4½", Knowsley, 4th Septembert
small defect in one blank corner
Item Date:
1850
Stock No:
54617
£10
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DEVONSHIRE
(Sir William Cavendish, 1808-1891, F.R.S., Chancellor of London and of Cambridge University, Liberal Benefactor, 7th Duke)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Sir',
saying he has "great pleasure in placing at your disposal my vacant nomination, to be offered for competition for boys of under the age of 14 years", and that he is "glad ... last year's competition was so satisfactory", 2 sides 8vo black-edged, Devonshire House, Piccadilly, 29th June
faint trace of transparent guard on side 2 without loss
Item Date:
1871
Stock No:
56316
£45
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DICKSON
(Alexander, 1836-1887, Botanist)
Autograph Letter Signed in the third person to Mr Kerrison,
sending his signature, 1 side 8vo., 11 Royal Circus, Edinburgh, 4th March
Item Date:
1869
Stock No:
6000
£12
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DOVE
(Heinrich Wilhelm, 1803-1879, Pioneer Meteorologist and Climatologist, Professor of Natural Philosophy at Berlin)
Autograph Letter Signed in English and French to Dr George Phillips, 1804-1892,
Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, saying that the proposed "honorary Degree ... at the approaching Installation of the new Chancellor the Duke of Cambridge [really Devonshire] is the greatest honor", recalling his "former visits to Cambridge 17 years ago ... I could not believe, that a new [kindness] could be given to me", he continues in French, explaining that, as Dean of the Faculty, "it was only after overcoming a great many difficulties that I was able to come here for four or five weeks", his son Richard, is Professor at Tübingen, and must return there the day after "his marriage to the daughter of one of my Friends at Berlin on the 11th June ... it is with the greatest regret that the duties of the father of a family deprive me thus of an honour, which would all my life be the finest recompense for what I have tried to do in the field of science", 3 sides 8vo., 14 Brompton Crescent, London, 27th May
Item Date:
1862
Stock No:
50061
£275
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