ORFORD
(Harriet Bettina Frances, née Pellew, d. 1886, from 1841 wife of the 4th Earl of Orford)
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Castletown,
(1811-1889, wife of the 1st Baron), telling her that "These days tire me so I have not been able to try & find you visible as I much wished - my foot too is by no means lively after the '7 chiese' [churches] - of yesterday: I heard from Lady Ely yesterday in London ... she says Ignatieff's visit made a great sensation ... & people fear war [between Russia and Turkey] must come eventually towards spring ?? - !!!!! (next spring I hope??)" and that "poor Lady Caroline Lascelles has lost her son ... found dead in his bed from apoplexy. - [the new] Lady Walsingham was to have been married at Broadlands ... but it seems the clergyman there wld. not marry a divorced woman as many Protestant clergymen refuse to do (& the law cannot force them ...) so she was married at Trinity Church - Chelsea", she sends "a little book ... by Mrs. Aug. Craven (Pauline de la Ferronaye) the life of an aunt of my son in law's (his mother is 'née' Minutolo) this poor woman wld. have been canonized in other days", it is written "in charming French; she was very kind to my Daughter when she married", 4 sides 8vo black-edged, no place. [Florence], 30th March n.y., but
Item Date:
1877
Stock No:
17237
£55
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ORFORD
(Harriet Bettina Frances, née Pellew, d. 1886, from 1841 wife of the 4th Earl of Orford)
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Castletown,
(1811-1889, wife of the 1st Baron), saying that she "cannot find words to express my great gratitude to you ... the kindest that any body can do now to me is to aid the 'Society Protection' here!! which is entirely the work of Lady Paget, C[onte]ssa Bardelli & myself - 'Que Dieu vs le rende' [may God reward you] is all I can say ... in health and in peace, which are the only 2 things we at our age can hope for, or desire", she continues "I wish I cld ever be of any use to you!! but it is a case of the mouse and the lion and I should not wish you to be in a net (were you the Queen of Beasts) in order to show my gratitude and my dental dexterity", she sends a "Mme. de Montaigne's memoirs - You must have known all the Noailles in days of yore ... 'le beau' Antonin de Noailles (whom I was to have married) all, all, all, dead !!! ... I am sure you knew all these then 'célébrités' - 'du jour' - Dino is going to give his own 'operette' at teatro 'Loggie' ", with a P.S. "... the account of how young ladies 'de grande maison' were brought up before 1789 is most curious - her mother & sister were both executed in 93", 4 sides 8vo black-edged, no place. [Florence], 31st March n.y., c.
Item Date:
1877
Stock No:
17238
£55
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ORIGINAL PIECE OF THE BERLIN WALL
Small piece of the Wall encased in acrylic
together with a letter from the Press Secretary of the German Embassy to Mr Henly, sending “on behalf of the Ambassador, a genuine piece of the Berlin Wall, encased in acrylic and showing the silhouette of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. I hope that you will achieve your aim and that Miss Sarah Watts together with the other contestants will be able to represent the County of Wiltshire at the 17th World Scout Jamboree in Korea next year...”, the block two and a half inches square, 1 side A4, 23 Belgrave Square, London, 15th November
Item Date:
1990
Stock No:
42736
£225
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OSTEIN
(Johann Friedrich Karl, 1689-1763, Prince Bishop and Elector of Mainz)
Fine letter in Latin (with translation) signed 'J Fridericus Carolus Elector' to Carlo a Stampa, in Mantua, Envoy Plenipotentiary in Italy of the late Holy Roman Emperor
(Charles VI, 1685-1740), thanking him "for the honour the Count has done Me by his congratulations on My Election under the auspices of the divine Spirit ... to the dignity of the Archbishopric of Mainz and the Electorate", and promising "to take every occasion I can to assure him" of his particular goodwill, 1 side folio on mourning paper with conjugate blank and original envelope bearing the Archbishop's papered seal, Mainz, 16th July
Item Date:
1743
Stock No:
9946
£275
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OWEN
(John, 1854-1926, Principal of St. David's College, Lampeter, from 1897 Bishop of St. David's)
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir William Treloar, Lord Mayor,
accepting for dinner on 3rd July, 1 side 8vo., The Palace, Abergwili, Carmarthenshire, 17th June
traces of laying down on verso
Item Date:
1907
Stock No:
50568
£15
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