BRITTEN
(James, 1846-1924, F.L.S., Editor of the Journal of Botany for almost 45 Years)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Sir', ( Robert Morton MIDDLETON , jr., F.L.S., F.Z.S.,
1846-1909, English shipbroker and botanist), telling him that "Our Museum cabinets are of mahogany, and cost about £7 each ... 'made to order' ... I should doubt the efficacy of camphor ... and yet [insects] certainly have existed here, and do not now, and we use nothing but camphor! Many thanks for the names, some of which were quite new to me, and all very acceptable ...", 2 facing sides 8vo., British Museum, 22nd September
Item Date:
1875
Stock No:
13903
£45
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BRITTEN
(James, 1846-1924, F.L.S., Editor of the Journal of Botany for almost 45 Years)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Sir', (Robert Morton MIDDLETON , jr., F.L.S., F.Z.S.,
1846-1909, English shipbroker and botanist), saying he has "no letter of Card. Wiseman ... but have an autograph somewhere ... And though I am often thrown in with Cardinal Manning, I have had very few of his letters, and those are always snapped up ... Many thanks for the [plant] names - always welcome - Would there be a chance of getting for our Museum Herbarium a wild specimen of Cypripedium?", the writing paper embossed with (in Latin) 'The night cometh when no man can work', 3 sides 8vo., Isleworth, 23rd November
Item Date:
1882
Stock No:
13904
£40
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BROADBENT
(Sir William Henry, F.R.S., 1835-1907, from 1891 Physician in Ordinary to Edward VII and (the later) George V, Physician Extraordinary to Queen Victoria, 1898-1901)
ALS 'W.H. Broadbent' to Lady Shuttleworth
saying they "shall be most happy to come in after dinner, Lady Broadbent, Miss Broadbent & myself, and I think Sir Thomas & Lady Barlow will be glad to accompany us but I have not yet had the opportunity of asking them. His Lordship no doubt knows Sir Thomas as a Lancashire man ...". 2 sides 8vo., 84 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, no date
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0
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41430
£150
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BROWN
(John, 1810-1882, Scottish Physician and Essayist, Author of 'Rab and his Friends')
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Cox,
saying "Thanks - I'll come if I can ... Believe me truly and anciently", 1 side 8vo black edged, 23 Rutland Street, Edinburgh, 22nd January
tiny defect in top blank margin
Item Date:
1868
Stock No:
51865
£65
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BROWN
(G. Gordon, Anthropologist)
Autograph Letter Signed to H. J. Braunholtz, 1888-1963, of the British Museum,
enclosing "a brief sketch of the material culture of the Hebe, together with further notes on the specimens sent you ... the names of the pottery-making instruments are, to the best of my knowledge, the correct versions ... The smoothing stone ... is usually called ki-garga, ki being a diminutive ... when the smallness rather than the 'stoneness' is being emphasised. The word you understood to mean skin is a phonetic impossibility", Brown has written it as 'ng'ingo' , he is arranging to send "a full set of pot-making tools" and asks, "Would you be interested in specimens of Samoan culture? ... There is no necessity to advance any money since I am here for three years and receiving an adequate salary", 3 sides 4to., Leone, Tutuila, American Samoa, 15th January
light marks of paper clips on first side
Item Date:
1935
Stock No:
16831
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