Documents and Letters

LOUIS PHILIPPE (1773-1850) Autograph Letter Signed with initials, to an unidentified gentleman, evidently a minister, listing matters of concern to him in advance of a meeting later that evening.2 pages 8vo in French with integral blank leaf, n.p. [Paris], 14 March 1831. Trans: “M. Périer, to whom I wished to entrust...

Etienne-Jacques MACDONALD, Duke of Taranto (1765-1840) Autograph Letter Signed (“Macdonald”) to an unidentified correspondent, thanking him for his concern in his (Macdonald’s) misfortune.1 page small 4to with integral blank leaf in French on black-edged mourning paper, Paris, 25 May 1825. Trans: “I had no doubt of the assurance you give me,...

Harriet MARTINEAU (1802-1876) Autograph Letter Signed (“H. Martineau”) to “Dear Lady Walsham”, thanking her for some grapes and discussing various personal matters. 4 pages 12mo on pink paper, n.p., n.d.         “Mrs. Bell’s grapes are almost too pretty to be eaten. I had some thoughts of exhibiting them...

John Stuart MILL (1806-1873) Autograph Letter Signed (“J.S. Mill”) to Alfred Hill, thanking him for his remarks on the Libel Bill.1 page 8vo, Blackheath Park, 24 March 1865. “I beg to acknowledge your note of March 23, and to thank you for your remarks on the Libel Bill.”The Libel Bill which...

John Everett MILLAIS (1829-1896) Autograph Letter Signed (“John Everett Millais”) to “Dear Miss McLaren” accepting an invitation to go shooting. 1 page 8vo with integral blank leaf, Bowerswell, Perth, 9 October 1857.    “I shall be very happy indeed to accompany your Father out shooting on Monday, and I will...

Napoléon-Joseph NEY, 2nd Prince de la Moskowa (1803-1857) Autograph Letter Signed (“le Gal. Prince de la Moskowa“) to a doctor [identified in pencil by a later collector as Baron Seutin], asking him to treat one of his servants for a chest complaint, probably consumption, on the recommendation of the Countess...

Joseph Alfred NOVELLO (1810-1896) Autograph Letter Signed (“J Alfred Novello”) to Alfred Littleton, thanking him for sending him A Short History of Cheap Music.1 page 8vo with integral blank leaf, Villa Novello, Genoa, 12 August 1887. “I suppose few elderly gentlemen on the day they complete their 77th anniversary have rec’d...

Louis-Guillaume OTTO, Count Mosloy (1754-1817) Autograph Letter in the third person to Mr. Ford at the Alien Office, requesting a passport for the wife of the secretary of the contractor for the French Prisoners of War. 1 page 4to with integral blank leaf, Hereford Street, 15 December 1800.     ...

PASSPORT - AUSTRIA 1858 Imperial Austrian passport, partly engraved and completed in manuscript in an elaborate hand, issued in Czernowitz and allowing the bearer to travel to Moldova.1 page large folio in German, with integral blank leaf, and the blind-stamp of the Praesidium of Bukowina, Czernowitz, 19 July 1858. Two companion...

PASSPORT, 1841 French passport, partly printed and engraved with a decorative border, in the name of Ferdinand Delannoy, an artist, draughtsman and engraver travelling to Switzerland, the Sardinian, Lombard, Venitian, Tuscan, and Roman States, Naples and Sicily, travelling via either Strassbourg or Marseille with his wife.1 page large folio, together...

Robert PEEL (1788-1850) Autograph Letter Signed (“Robert Peel”) to Lord Fitzroy Somerset, asking him to “read the enclosed” [not present].1 page 8vo with integral blank leaf, Whitehall, 14 May [1827]. A brief letter, with annotations on the verso of the blank leaf which give some hint of its meaning.“Pray have the...

Robert PEEL (1788-1850) Autograph Letter Signed to Marquess Wellesley, thanking him for a copy of his volume of Indian correspondence. 3 pages 8vo, Whitehall, 11 April 1836.                                               ...

Pierre PUVIS DE CHAVANNES (1824-1898) Autograph Letter Signed (“P. Puvis de Chavannes”) to an unidentified colleague (“Monsieur et cher confrère”), explaining why he had resigned from a jury. 3 pages 8vo in French, Paris, 26 March 1879.                Puvis de Chavannes, much admired by Zola,...

Hans RICHTER (1843-1916) Autograph Letter Signed (“Hans Richter”) to Herr Sachse regarding a former pupil.1 page large 8vo in German, n.p., 11 September 1880. Trans: “I can’t give you an answer about the London German opera today, as I don’t know myself. Herr Barsch took lessons with me for a short...

Georges RODENBACH (1855-1898) Autograph Letter Signed (“Georges Rodenbach”) to the journalist and librettist Philippe Gille, thanking him for a favourable review of his poem.1 page 8vo in French with integral blank leaf, together with autograph envelope addressed to Gille, n.p., 10 June 1891. Trans: “Belatedly, but with all my heart, I...

Samuel ROGERS (1763-1855) Autograph Letter Signed (“S. Rogers”) to “Dear Mrs. Baillie” [the poet and playwright Joanna Baillie] reminding her of an invitation.1 page small 8vo, St. James’s Place, 25 November n.y. [annotated in a later hand “1839"]. “Pray remember your promise to come & to bring our Hampstead Friends to-day...

Leopold von SACHER-MASOCH (1836-1895) Autograph Letter Signed (“Sacher Masoch”) to an unnamed correspondent, addressed as “Mon cher maitre”, requesting a box for the premiere of his correspondent’s play.2 pages 8vo in French with integral blank leaf, Paris, 5 January 1887. Trans: “. . . I read that your new play...

Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) Autograph Letter Signed (“C. Saint-Saëns”) to “Mademoiselle” [probably the pianist Marie-Aimée Roger-Miclos], promising to have a “little work” for the piano to offer her soon.1 page 8vo in French, Boulogne, 3 September 1880. Trans: “I write very little for the piano, you know it, but I hope in...

Victorien SARDOU (1831-1908) Autograph Letter Signed (“V Sardou”) to an unidentified correspondent, possibly the director of a theatre, suggesting that they should produce Fedora with Sarah Bernhardt. 1 page 8vo in French with integral blank leaf, n.p., n.d.                   Trans: “. . ....

 Samuel SHARPE (1799-1881) Autograph Letter Signed (“Samuel Sharpe”) to Henry Austin Driver, passing on a compliment from his uncle on Driver’s poetry.1½ pages 8vo with integral blank leaf, Highbury, 26 December 1843.        “I had the pleasure yesterday of showing my respected uncle Mr Rogers your short poem on...