CARLYLE (Thomas, 1795-1881, Historian)

Letter signed ("T. Carlyle"), written in the hand of Carlyle's niece and amanuensis Mary Aitken to an unnamed correspondent thanking him for a volume he had previously received and saying "Your good sister did not overestimate the interest it would have for me. It is the express image, more than writing can well be, of the pure clear-seeing high and pious soul that threw it out on paper, I have read it with many thoughts indeed; it is very mournful and very beautiful to me; and will remain a precious memorial of days that are no more...", 2 sides 8vo., on mourning paper with integral blank, 5 Cheyne Row, Chelsea, 13 March 1871, tipped onto the recto of frontispiece of a copy of Carlyle's 'Sartor Resartus'; worn cloth to spine and corners, light browning to page edges, hardback, 8vo , Chapman and Hall, 1891, the letter



Item Date:  1871

Stock No:  38081      £375

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