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34. Disraeli (Benjamin, first Earl of Beaconsfield, statesman and
novelist, 1804-81) au t o g r a p h le t t e r s i g n e d w i t h a p s e u d o n y m
(a n d C r o s s e d o u t) to ro b e rt pl u m e r wa r d, 4pp., sm. 4to, 11th
April 1827, praising in the highest terms Ward’s second novel, De
Vere or the Man of Independence, 1827, “it is a work as improving
as delightful - one which must always be remembered with profit,
as it must ever be recurred to with pleasure. The vein of unaffected
philosophy, practical wisdom, & characters... however skilfully
delineated, must, from our previous acquaintance with them, cease
to engage our attentions, & excite our sympathies...”, Disraeli singles
out for comment the interview with Sir William Flowerdale as being
especially interesting to him, “as a young political aspirant”, folds,
browned; and another an AL.s.signed “D” complaing of influenza,
1833, v.s., v.d. (2). £1,200 - £1,600
*** Disraeli plays critic to his first literary mentor.
The present letter, written only eleven days before the publication
of his own first novel, Vivian Grey, is based on Ward’s first novel,
Tremaine, or the Man of Refinement, 1825.
35. Leemans (Conrad, orientalist and museum director, 1809-93)
6 au t o g r a p h le t t e r s s i g n e d to Jo h n le e o f ha rt w e l l, 18pp. with
address panels, sm. 4to & 8vo, 1 in French, the rest English, Leiden,
29th December 1835 - 20th May 1866, on a variety of antiquarian
topics, including, conveying thanks for a copy of Henry Tattam’s
Lexicon Aegyptiaco-Latinum, 1835, working on the Reuvens
library and Leiden Museum responsibilities, sending a manuscript
to Leiden for Dr Weyers to compare with one at the museum etc.,
letters stamped “B.R.A.”, British Records Association and sold by
Sotheby’s in the 1930s, folds, browned. £200 - £220
*** John Lee, of Hartwell (1783-1866), antiquary, collector of
oriental manuscripts and astronomer.
36. Monroe (Vere, oriental traveller, curate of Upper Beeding,
Sussex, 1801/2-41) 2 au t o g r a p h le t t e r s s i g n e d to re v. Jo h n
ri C h a r d er r i n g t o n at tu l s e hi l l, br i x t o n, 7pp. with address
panels, sm. 4to, postmarked 1836 & 2nd January 1837, giving an
invitation to join him in Upper Beeding, and his travels, “I am just
now employed in working up my Tartar journey from Constantinople
to Belgrade, & very much want some local information about the
places through which our route lay. These are chiefly Adrianople
[Turkey] - Sophia [Bulgaria] - Nyssa Philloppopoli [Nis, Serbia]”,
folds, stained and browned; and 2 others, another letter to to the
Rev. Errington, and a copy of Henry Rogers, Essay..., 1857, with
varied manuscript notes and inserted letters, v.s., v.d. (sm. qty).
£300 - £350
37. Castle Hill Estate, Bakewell, Derbyshire.- [Underwood
(Captain William) & Robert Nesfield, Estate Managers of
the Castle Hill estate, owned by John Manners, fifth Duke of
Rutland, 1778-1857)] diaries o f m a n a g e m e n t o f t h e e s tat e, 5
vol., manuscript, numerous pp., slightly browned, original calf or
morocco, rubbed, brass locks forced, 1851-83; and 9 other diaries
(3 locked and probably relating to the Castle Hill Estate), 8vo (14).
£300 - £400
*** The Castle Hill Estate of Bakewell was bought by the Duke of
Rutland in 1846 and disposed of in 1920.
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38. Lear (Edward, landscape painter and writer, 1812-88)
au t o g r a p h le t t e r s i g n e d to “de a r ma d a m” [a l m o s t C e rta i n ly
la d y wat e r f o r d], 4pp., 8vo, 65 Oxford Terrace, Hyde Park, 17th
July 1853, informing her, in view of her wish to see Holman Hunt’s
paintings, that he had called on Hunt the day before and found that
he had completed his painting [‘The Light of the World’], “his
painting from the text ‘I stand at the door and knock’ and another
painting, ‘The Hireling Shepherd’ was also there”, and asking if she
would like to bring her sister, Lady Canning and further asking if
they would like him to go with them, tape marks on first page, folds,
slightly browned. £600 - £800
*** Holman Hunt’s ‘Light of the World’ and ‘The Hireling Shepherd’
are in Manchester Art Gallery.
Lear and Holman Hunt first met in 1852 and became close friends
after spending months together in Sussex and travelling up the Nile
together.
39. Cobden (Richard, statesman and reformer, founder of the
Anti-Corn Law League, pamphleteer, 1804-65) lo n g au t o g r a p h
le t t e r s i g n e d to sir will i a m mole s w o rt h mp (1810-55), o f
pe n C a r r o w, Co r n wa l l, 10pp., 8vo, laid down on card with an
engraving of Cobden’s house in Midhurst on verso, Midhurst,
10th February 1855, mainly about the ballot, introducing himself
as the “Manchester Manufacturer”, expressing disquiet at the
1837 elections and proposing a society be set up for the further
demonstration of how the ballot should function etc., folds.
£400 - £600
40. Dawes (William Rutter, astronomer, 1799-1868) lo n g
au t o g r a p h le t t e r s i g n e d to Jo h n he pa rt h, mathematical physicist
and journalist, 6pp., 4to, Hopefield Lodge, Haddenham, Thame, 12th
May 1860, an exposition of scientific methodology, Dawes considers
the phenomenon of apparent projections and then he defends his
own observations against the idea that they afford only negative
evidence and discussing occultations, the Royal Observatory’s
evidence of occultations etc., folds, slightly browned. £300 - £400
*** Dawes contributed papers to the Royal Astronomical Society on
occultations, triple and double stars, planets, comets, the solar eclipse
of 1836, photometry and instruments. He discovered the rotation
of sunspots and invented the wedge photometer. In 1865 Dawes
established the non-atmospheric character of the redness of Mars.
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