Recently catalogued, autographs, letters, documents, manuscripts

Recently catalogued, autographs, letters, documents, manuscripts
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PLUNKET, William Conyngham, 1st Baron (1764-1854). Lord chancellor of Ireland.
Autograph Letter Signed [to Lord Westmeath], 3 pages 8vo, Old Connaught, Bray [Ireland], 4 January 1829.

£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24739]

PLUNKET, William Conyngham, 4th baron (1828-1897). Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed dean, 3 pages 8vo on black-edged paper with coronetted initial, Highcliffe Hotel, Bournemouth, 2 January 1884.

£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24738]

PLUMPTRE, Edward Hayes (1821-1891). Dean of Wells.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Honorary Secretariat, Bromley Institute, 3½ pages 8vo with a copy of his obituary affixed to the final page, Bromley, 29 April 1873.

£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24737]

PLOWDEN, Francis Peter (1749-1829). Lawyer & historian.
Autograph Letter (third person) to Prior, 1 page 8vo with integral address-leaf and remains of red wax seal, 4 February 1808.

£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24736]

PLAYFAIR, Arthur (1860-1918). Actor.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Harper Lewis, 1 page 8vo, Terry's Theatre, Strand, no date.

£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24732]

PEPYS, William Weller, 1st baronet (1740-1825). Writer and literary scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('My dear Madam'), 1 page 8vo, 20 May no year.

£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24711]

MARLBOROUGH, George, 5th duke of (1766-1840). Politician and book collector.
Brief Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Grojean, 1 page 8vo, Blenheim, 'Friday, no date [endorsed 1829].

£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24706]

PLAYFAIR, Sir Nigel Ross (1874-1934). Actor & theatre manager.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo on black-edged paper(some fading), Garrick Club, 22 October no year.

£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24735]

MASON, William (1725-1797). Poet and garden designer. Close friend of Thomas Gray.
Fragment of an Autograph Letter Signed on a slip of paper ca 175 x 50 mm (7 x 2 inches), St John's [College, Cambridge], 16 December 1747.

£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 22991]

PLATT, Sir Thomas Joshua (1788-1862). Judge.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Revd D Ray, 2 pages 4to (tears in the folds of the second, blank sheet), no place, no date [watermark 1834].

£60 / $96 / €74 [No: 24700]

LYSONS, Daniel (1762-1834). Topographer.
Autograph Letter Signed evidently to a bookseller or publisher, 1 page 8vo (oblong), Putney, 'Wednesday Morning, no date.

£65 / $104 / €80 [No: 24705]

PLATTNER, Carl Friedrich (1800-1858). German metallurgist.
Autograph Document Signed, in German, 1 page oblong 8vo with red wax seal (corners showing mounting tears), Freidberg, 23 May 1845.

£65 / $104 / €80 [No: 24731]

OSBORNE, Francis, fifth duke of Leeds (1751-1799). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed [to Francis Webb], 1 page 4to (lower left hand corner cut away), St James's Square, 31 August 1796.

£65 / $104 / €80 [No: 24712]

NICHOLS, John (1745-1826). Printer and writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Faulkner in Chelsea ('with a wood cut'), 1 page 8vo with address-leaf (small repair and traces of old mounting), 27 February 1813.

£85 / $136 / €105 [No: 24709]

[MONTAGU, Elizabeth (1718-1800). Author and literary hostess.]
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Montagu in Portman Square from Agnes Berry (1764-1852), 2 pages 16mo with address-leaf, North Audley Street, 'Wednesday evening' no date.

£85 / $136 / €105 [No: 24755]

SOTHEBY, William (1757-1833). Poet and translator.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo with integral blank leaf, Lower Grosvenor Street, 13 October 1826.

£85 / $136 / €105 [No: 24748]

CONWAY, Henry Seymour (1719-1795). Army officer and politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed peer [perhaps the earl of Bute], 3 pages 4to, ?Amenau, 19 September 1762.

£85 / $136 / €105 [No: 24722]

COUTTS, Thomas (1735-1822). Banker.
Receipt signed, 1 page 8vo (oblong, 95 x 208 mm. / 3½ x 8 inches), 14 October 1806.

£110 / $176 / €136 [No: 24720]

SMITH, Sir (William) Sidney (1764-1840). Admiral.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lord Nugent at Lilies in Buckinghamshire, 3 pages 4to with address-leaf bearing red wax seal, Paris, 18 June 1818.

£125 / $200 / €155 [No: 24756]

ROSCOE, William (1753-1831) Historian and patron of the arts.
Autograph Letter Signed to Messrs Loddiges of Hackney, 1 page 4to with address-leaf bearing red wax seal, Liverpool, 24 February 1821.

£125 / $200 / €155 [No: 24750]

PLAYFAIR, James (1738-1819). Church of Scotland minister and writer on geography.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Gentlemen'), 1 page 4to, St Andrews, 28 October 1809.

£125 / $200 / €155 [No: 24733]

PLAYFAIR, James (1738-1819). Church of Scotland minister and writer on geography.
Autograph Letter Signed to George Chalmers in the Office for trade, Whitehall, 1 page 4to with address-leaf, Meigle, 28 March 1799.

£125 / $200 / €155 [No: 24721]

FREYTAG, Gustav (1816-1895). German dramatist & novelist.
Autograph aphorism signed, in German, 1 page 8vo (oblong), Wiesbaden, 10 December no year.

£125 / $200 / €155 [No: 24436]

ENGLEFIELD, Sir Henry Charles (ca. 1752-1822). Antiquary and scientific writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to [John] Flaxman, 1 page 4to with remains of an address-leaf and red wax seal, Scarborough, 10 October 1783.

£125 / $200 / €155 [No: 24714]

GRAFTON, Augustus Henry, third duke of (1735-1811). Prime Minister 1768-1770.
Autograph Letter (third person) to Lord Sydney, 1 page 4to with endorsed second leaf, Newmarket, 25 April 1787.

£150 / $240 / €186 [No: 24729]

PORTEUS, Beilby (1731-1809). Bishop of London and doctrinal author.
Autograph Letter (third person) to the publishers Cadell and Davis, 1 page 8vo (traces of mounting to the reverse), Fulham [Palace], 28 May ?1806.

£150 / $240 / €186 [No: 24684]

HOWELLS, William Dean (1837-1920). American man of letters.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss [Nona] Stewart, 2 facing pages 8vo (traces of former mounting on the intervening pages), 40 West 59th Street, New York, 9 December 1899.

£150 / $240 / €186 [No: 22264]

CRAVEN, Elizabeth (1750-1828). Margravine of Brandenburg etc., travel writer and hostess.
Autograph Letter Signed ('Elizabeth M. Brandenbourg A[nsbach] B[ayreuth]') to an unspecified peer, 2 pages 4to (hinged with old tape to a mount), 4 August 1795.

£150 / $240 / €186 [No: 24707]

BAILLIE, Joanna (1762-1851). Playwright and poet.
Autograph Letter Signed to the actor George Bartley (1782?-1858), 3 pages 8vo with address-leaf (mounting tape to reverse, small seal-tear), Hampstead, 'Sunday evening', no date.

£175 / $280 / €217 [No: 24747]

SAINT-SAENS, Camille (1835-1921). French pianist, organist and composer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent (perhaps a note left for his publisher), 1 page 8vo with integral blank, on paper of A. Durand & fils, Paris, [1890s].

£185 / $296 / €229 [No: 22969]

SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816). Playwright and politician.
Characteristic brief Autograph Letter Signed ('RBS') to an unnamed correspondent (no salutation), 1 page small 4to, 'Friday', no date.

£225 / $360 / €279 [No: 24716]

HONEGGER, Arthur (1892-1955). French composer, member of 'Les Six'.
Autograph Letter Signed to a friend, 1 page 4to, closely-written, [Paris], January 1941. With a translation.

£225 / $360 / €279 [No: 23421]

NECKER, Jacques (1732-1804). French statesman.
Ls to M. Ferray in Lyon, 1 page folio (slightly trimmed at the head, traces of mounting to the reverse), Paris, 15 October 1788.

£235 / $376 / €291 [No: 24710]

ROSCOE, William (1753-1831) Historian and patron of the arts.
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 4to, (lacking address-leaf, mounting strip to second page not affecting the text, contemporary endorsement), Liverpool, 18 October 1817.

£250 / $400 / €310 [No: 24751]

GRENVILLE, William Wyndham, Baron (1759-1834). Prime Minister 1806-1807.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo with second leaf (bearing traces of mounting), Dropmore, 23 May 1821.

£250 / $400 / €310 [No: 24713]

MASCAGNI, Pietro (1863-1945). Italian opera composer.
Autograph Document Signed, addressed to Walter Mocchi, 1 page 4to, marked 'Copia', San Paolo, 6 August 1911. With a translation.

£250 / $400 / €310 [No: 23524]

BURTON, Sir Richard Francis (1821-1890). Explorer and orientalist.
Extraordinarily brief Autograph Letter Signed to ?'Dear Brother Glover', 1 page 16mo (heavy traces of mounting to the reverse), Athenaeum [Club], 17 October no year.

£350 / $560 / €434 [No: 24718]

GADE, Niels Wilhelm (1817-1890). Danish composer and conductor.
Fine Autograph Music Quotation Signed of five bars for S.A.T.B. in E major headed 'Prolog am Elverskud' on lined music-paper, 205 x 270 mm. (8 x 11 inches), Leizig, July 1854.

£450 / $720 / €558 [No: 22793]

COSWAY, Maria Louisa (1760-1838). History painter and educationist.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 4to (a little age-toned, lacking address-leaf), no place, no date.

£450 / $720 / €558 [No: 24754]

KEITH, George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount (1746-1823). Admiral.
Important Autograph Letter Signed to Sir (William) S[idney] Smith (1764-1840, naval officer), 1 page 4to with address-leaf (name only), ?'Camp', 31 August or 'April' no year.

£450 / $720 / €558 [No: 24717]

JAMES, Henry (1843-1916). American novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed ('Uncle') to his nephew William James ('Dearest Bill'), 4 pages 4to with original envelope (envelope torn on opening), Lamb House, Rye, 15 July 1907.

£1050 / $1680 / €1302 [No: 24744]

DISRAELI, Benjamin, earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881). Prime minister and novelist.
Fine early Autograph Letter Signed ('D') to the Rev W.J. Fox, 1 page oblong folio (with postscript to the side and address on the reverse), 35 Duke Street, St James's, 16 April 1833.

£1150 / $1840 / €1426 [No: 24724]

BROWNING, Robert (1812-1889). Poet.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs [Henry] Schlesinger, 1 page 8vo (very slight traces of former mounting), 19 Warwick Crescent, 15 June 1882.

£1150 / $1840 / €1426 [No: 24743]

HENRY BENEDICT, Cardinal York. (1725-1807). Jacobite claimant to the English, Scottish and Irish thrones.
Letter Signed address to Nicolas Veigura, banker in Paris, ½-page 4to, Rome, 6 January 1773.

£1250 / $2000 / €1550 [No: 24715]

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to the dean [of St Paul's], 1 page 8vo with integral blank, in fine clean condition, Tavistock House, 29 May 1856.

£1450 / $2320 / €1798 [No: 24742]

CHARLES II (1630-1685). King of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Document Signed, 1½ pages folio with integral leaf bearing contemporary endorsements (some wear and weakness, tipped to a later sheet, Whitehall, 14 January 1679/80.

£1550 / $2480 / €1922 [No: 24703]

LEAR, Edward (1812-1888). Artist and nonsense poet.
Significant Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent [almost certainly Lady Waldegrave], 4 pages 8vo (two small pieces of mounting tape) , 65 Oxford Terrace, Hyde Park, 17 July 1853.

£1650 / $2640 / €2046 [No: 24745]

BURNEY, Frances [Fanny] (1752-1840). Novelist. Married name Fanny D'Arblay.
Fine Autograph Letter Signed (typically unsigned when writing to her brother) to 'my dearest Carlos', 4 pages 4to with integral address, Ilfracombe, 28 August-3 September 1817.

£3250 / $5200 / €4030 [No: 24701]

DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). Naturalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Holland (Saba, wife of Sir Henry Holland), 2 pages 8vo with autograph envelope, Down, Farnborough, Kent, 4 December 1854.

£3500 / $5600 / €4340 [No: 24741]

DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). Naturalist.
Good Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Henry [Holland], 3½ pages 8vo (some light soiling especially to the edges), Down, Bromley, Kent, 6 November [1864].

£4750 / $7600 / €5890 [No: 24740]

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