DALBIAC
(Sir James Charles, M.P., 1776-1847, General)
2 Autograph Letter Signed to Major George Darby Griffiths,
enclosing a testimonial (present) for the post of Superintendent of Rural Police in Suffolk, and asking him to send "a list of the Sussex [sic] Magistrates. Peradventure there may be some, whom I can address on your behalf" (n.d.), the testimonial praises Major Griffiths "more particularly ... under my immediate Command in Dublin in 1829 & 1830 as Captain in the 2nd or Kings own Regiment of Foot" and considers him "in every way qualified to fill any appointment" requiring "activity & intelligence & judicious discipline" (3rd November 1844), of the magistrates he has written to "Lord Charles FitzRoy, & Mr. Rushbrook M.P. ... requesting the former to present my recommendation of you to the Duke of Grafton" (10th November 1844), in all 6 sides small 8vo., 4to., and 8vo., Floors Castle, Roxburghshire, 3rd - 10th November
slight traces on each of laying down by one margin
Item Date:
1844
Stock No:
14872
£60
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DALRYMPLE
(General Sir Hew Whitefoord, 1750-1830, Governor of Gibraltar 1806-1808)
Printed Note signed, with manuscript details,
allowing "Mr. Brown & Servant to pass Waterport and Ragged Staff Gates, for the purpose of embarking and disembarking, to continue Thirty Days", signed also 'J L Walsh', Town Major, 1 side oblong 8vo., Head-Quarters, Gibraltar, 25th August
laid down
Item Date:
1807
Stock No:
14588
£60
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DARU
(Pierre Antoine Noel Bruno, 1767-1829, Count, French Soldier and Statesman, historian, translator of Horace)
Autograph Letter Signed, in French with translation, to Monsieur Monnay,
Commissary in chief of the 8th Corps, "my dear comrade", saying that "M. Villemaury had given a Commission as inspector of victuals to M. d'Aymar and one as inspector of equipment to M. de Larmière ... but they are not included in the list of nominations made by the Minister", suggesting that "you could employ them if you have need for them", and if not, to "send them straight away to the 9th Corps of Guards", 1 side 4to., Berlin, 8th November
tiny defect in bottom left corner touching one letter
Item Date:
1806
Stock No:
51724
£375
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DE BONO
(Emilio, 1866-1944, Italian Fascist Politician & General, one of the four founders of Fascism and commander of the invasion of Abyssinia in 1935, executed after voting against Mussolini in the Fascist Supreme Council)
Brief Autograph Postcard Signed to “Soldato Gilio Rubboli”
addressed to him in the “34th Infantry, 5th Company, Cherasco, Cuneo” (Piedemonte) inscribed in Italian with translation “With our thanks and affectionate greetings in return...”, the picture side of the card shows the 2nd Field Hospital Section during the war in Eritrea, and has a printed dedication “to the glory and the fallen of the 2nd Division, Eritrea”, 1 side postcard, postmarked Rome 13th April
Item Date:
1941
Stock No:
43788
£175
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[DE HIRSCH
(Baron Maurice, 1831-1896, German Jewish Financier and Philanthropist )]
Fine unsigned imperial cabinet photograph by Abdullah Frères
showing him full length seated, wearing a suit, he is looking straight at the camera and has his hands clasped in his lap holding a walking cane, 8½” x 5½”, no place, [Cairo], no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
40518
£425
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