LEAR WRITING FROM CALCUTTA WHICH MIGHT “BE CALLED HUSSLEFUSSABAD” DESCRIBING THE COAST AROUND SANREMO
LEAR
(Edward, 1812-1888, Nonsense Writer & Artist)
Fine Long Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent
saying that he had “intended to have written earlier the few notes I now send you concerning the Riviera di Ponente, where you said it was probable that you & Mrs Clare Bayly might be in March or April next - but you will I daresay understand how little leisure a visitor has in a visit to this place, the name of which might I think very properly be changed to Husslefussabad - I must also apologise for mistakes & bad writing - eyesight being in a bad plight, & almost useless by Candlelight. I cannot point out to you too forcibly that the greatest mistake made as to the climate of the Genoa coast in March & April: it is notorious that at Nice & Cannes the very worst & coldest winds occur about the Equinox, & though Sanremo is a more sheltered place than those, yet we suffer there also at that time. I would strongly recommend your staying till April is far advanced... at Cairo or Alexandria, or, if you please, rather stop at Brindisi, & go over to Corfu where there are good hotels and beautiful scenery. Naples in March is little better than our Riviera, if as good. If however you resolve to come on westward Nervi is a sheltered spot only an hour or so East of Genoa... West of Genoa is Pegli - which is more interesting than Nervi... from Pegli, westward, there is no sheltered place till you get to Sanremo... Should you come to Sanremo, I recommend the Hotel de Londres (Signori Bogge) as one where you are sure to be comfortable. The Proprietors quite understand English ways & are very obliging. The Hotel is next to my own villa & garden, & if you mention my name it will give the brothers Bogge pleasure. The Vice Consul of Genoa, Mr Walter Congreve is also a gt friend of mine, & would I know tell you anything about the place, as would M. Bartolomeo Asquasciate, the Banker. As I have known the whole coast for many years, I have no hesitation in saying that Sanremo is out and out the most sheltered place in it - wh. indeed its vegetation & its position would at once show you - the one big hill behind the town shutting out all winds... The old city is interesting enough but I must also add that Sanremo is absolutely dull & without amusement & that when you have driven to Ceriana, Dolceaqua, Taggia & Ventimiglia & have gone on Donkeys to SanRomolo - you have done all that is to be done. (2 Indian families have lately settled there - one is Lady Wedderbury (a cousin of Mr Hope’s ADC here,) whom you may possibly know.). Next to Sanremo is Mentone - wh. may be said to be 2 places - the West side is draughty & chilly - the East too shut up & with too little Circulation of air when warm weather begins, but Mentone is unquestionably a far more beautiful place... After that is Nice, which to my fancy is odious at all times... between the 2 last places is Monaco - a most sheltered & beautiful spot - but if I had a family of ladies I should not care to take them there... as the Gambling house has not improved the society. Lastly there is Cannes - which is perhaps more beautiful than any part of the S. Coast - but it is very windy & dusty... & to me altogether uncomfortable. The gt. want of Sanremo its bad beach - or rather no beach. But I must end as I began by saying that I believe a delicate invalide had far better stay at Cairo or Corfu till England becomes habitable...”, 4 sides 4to., Government House, Calcutta, 8th January
Item Date:
1874
Stock No:
42483
£2750
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LEAR INTRODUCING A FRIEND TO SOMEONE IN CORFU PRIOR TO THEIR VISIT
LEAR
(Edward, 1812-1888, Nonsense Writer & Artist)
Autograph Letter Signed to Andrew Courage
introducing “the Honbe Mrs Adamson-Parker, of whom I have already written to you. I shall feel obliged if you can help her at all during her stay in Corfu, with regard to excursions - & I hope she will be able to visit... & other places...”, 2 sides sm. 8vo., Hotel Georgette, Recoaro, Veneto, 13th July
Item Date:
1884
Stock No:
42186
£1500
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LEAR
(Edward, 1812-1888, Nonsense Writer & Artist)
Autograph Letter Signed with a unusually large signature to “My dear Wilkins,”
thanking him for “the cheque for your Copy. I am pretty sure you will like it (Ask Arthur about the ree moonerative part of the volume) yours affectionately...”, 1 side 8vo., headed “All Letters to Mr Lear to be addressed thus - Edward Lear, Esq., care of Mr R. J. Bush, 32 Charing Cross, S.W.”, no date,
lacking a small part of the bottom edge so missing a few words
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
42209
£1100
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LEECH
(John, 1817-1864, Punch Cartoonist & Illustrator)
Autograph Letter Signed to “My dear Sir”, T. Eyre
saying that “at last I beg to return the 2 Vol; (Mexico) you were so kind as to lend me, and but that you have so often forbade any apology would again attempt to excuse myself for having kept them so long. I don’t think I ever committed a work with more satisfaction and may I say advantage... in respect of some particulars which made them exceedingly apropos. My avocations however afford me but little time to read consecutively and the entire perusal of the work have been interrupted by long intervals. Pray allow of this in excuse...”, with a long postscript asking him to “do me the great kindness, in your next ‘Punch’ dispatches for Mexico... considered one of my... happiest efforts, & is not the worst idea for revolutionary principles introduced at Home...”, 4 sides 8vo., 1 Vale Place, Hammersmith, 4th November
Item Date:
1848
Stock No:
42188
£275
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LEGREW
(James, 1803-1857, Sculptor, R.A.)
Autograph formal letter to Mrs Jameson,
telling her that he has "sent three works to the Crystal Palace. A colossal figure of Samson 'bursting the bonds' exhibited 1843 - a figure of Musidora exhibited 1850 and a group from the 'murder of the innocents' exhibited in 1851 - none of these have been executed in marble ...", 3 sides 8vo., St Albans Road, 8th May
Item Date:
1854
Stock No:
11868
£75
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