MAX MÜLLER
(Friedrich, 1823-1900, Anglo-German Orientalist and Comparative Philologist)
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Patteson,
sister of John Coleridge Patteson, (1827-1871, first Bishop of Melanesia), thanking her "for the photograph" of her brother, "I can with some effort recognise the features, but I confess I wish to retain in my memory the more cheerful and hopeful expression of his Oxford days", (at Balliol, 1845-1848), "I wish I could tell you how deeply I feel for you, and how I admire the spirit with which you bear your irreparable loss, but words fail me ...", 2 sides 8vo., black edged, Parks End, Oxford, 13th April
a few small light marks
Item Date:
1872
Stock No:
54723
£175
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MAX MÜLLER
(Friedrich, 1823-1900, Anglo-German Orientalist and Comparative Philologist)
Portion of Manuscript concerning geology, signed in the margin,
“if the formation of the crust of the earth had been throughout regular and uniform, and if none of the lower strata had been tilted up, so that even those who run might read, no shaft from the surface could have been sunk deep enough to bring the geologist from the tertiary down and face to face with, the Silurian rooks. The same in language. Unless some languages had been arrested in their growth during their earlier stages, and had remained on the surface in this primitive state, exposed only to the decomposing influence of atmospheric action, & to the alterations of literary cultivation, I doubt whether any scholar would have had the courage to say that at one time Sanskrit was like unto Chinese, and Hebrew no better than Malay...”, 7” x 4”, no place, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
41846
£125
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MILNE
(Colin, 1743-1815, Divine & Botanist)
Part of an autograph formal letter in the third person to Mr CADELL
(Thomas, the elder, 1742-1802, Publisher), concerning books he had ordered to be bound and papers "to be advertised in the Morning Chronicle, as it is much read at Deptford, where he hopes to have many purchasers ...", half of 2 sides 4to., Deptford, 14th January
Item Date:
1780
Stock No:
2192
£20
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MITCHELL
(Sir Arthur, 1826-1909, M.D., F.R.S.E., Scottish Deputy or Full Commissioner in Lunacy, 1857-1895, Antiquary)
Autograph letter signed to Samuel Lawson Booth, 1836-1928,
artist, Mayor of Southport, 1897-1898, saying "the Scarlet fever research has not yet been published in extenso", he intends "to complete the enquiry & give the results to the Royal Society [of Edinburgh] this winter" with "Mr Buchan's assistance. We have always thought that the investigation gave support to the Germ Theory", and hoping Booth has seen their paper "just published in the Journal of the [Scottish] Meteorological Society", for 10/6 he can join and receive the journal with the article, "which is selling for 12/6", 4 sides 7" x 4½", St. Ronan's Lodge, Innerleithen, 28th September
Item Date:
1895
Stock No:
53515
£125
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MOMERIE
(Alfred Williams, 1848-1900, Professor of Logic and Mental Philosophy)
End of Autograph Letter Signed
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
8129
£10
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