LAYARD
(Sir Austen Henry, 1817-1894, Archaeologist & Diplomat, Excavator of Nineveh)
Fine signature
with subscription "yours sincerley" taken from an Autograph letter signed, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
41277
£40
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LÉVI-STRAUSS
(Claude, 1908-2009, Belgian born French Anthropologist and Ethnologist)
Autograph Postcard in French, Signed, to Tõnis TATAR
(born 1980, Estonian art historian , lecturer and translator) sending his best wishes for early success, 1 side postcard, no place, 20th September
Item Date:
2002
Stock No:
40665
£125
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LETTSOM
(John Coakley, 1744-1815, Physician, Philanthropist and Abolitionist, Founder of the Medical Society of London and friend of Benjamin Franklin)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Nichols,
John NICHOLS (1745-1826, Owner of the Gentleman’s Magazine) saying that he has “left no room for addition to your recording... of the trial at Grove hill. If not too troublesome a few copies struck off for me will gratify my wishes. I saw a piece of poetry on the subject, by Mr Dawson of Bath but I requested Dr Harris not to print it (in your Magazine) as it did not appear to me, intended to raise the magazine, or suitably celebrate the rural trial at Grove hill. I consider that yr next letter on prisons, will prove more interesting than any preceding one, and such as might atttract attenntino if there be any moral feeling in the Community...”, 2 sides 4to., Camberwell, 28th May
Unevenly torn on left hand edge without loss of text
Item Date:
1804
Stock No:
42033
£1750
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LINDLEY
(John, 1799-1865, Botanist and Horticulturalist, Assistant Librarian to Sir Joseph Banks)
Formal Autograph Letter in the third person to Mr Tupper
John Lucas TUPPPER (1824-1879, Member of the Pre-Raphaelites, Sculptor) thanking him”for the tickets to view the cast of the statue of Linnaeus. Dr L wd be further obliged if Mr Tupper wd kindly inform him on what authority the dress, the face and the ‘accoutrements’ have been modelled. The statue is extremely interesting...”, 1 side 8vo., Acton Green, Turnham Green, 13th February
Item Date:
1860
Stock No:
42190
£75
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LINDLEY
(John, 1799-1865, Botanist & Horticulturalist)
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent,
saying that he is "happy to find myself disengaged on Tuesday ..." and so accepting an invitation, 1 side 8vo., no place, no date,
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
1768
£35
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