ADAMS, William Bridges (1797-1872). Inventor.
Autograph Letter Signed to Samuel ?Leons, giving instructions about the proofs of an article, 1 page 8vo, Hampstead, 26 January 1860.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 2562]
ADAMS, William Bridges (1797-1872). Inventor.
Autograph Letter Signed to E. Walford, discussing an article Adams wishes to write, 1 page 8vo, Hampstead, 6 April 1860.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 2561]
AIKIN, Arthur (1773-1854). Chemist and mineralogist.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, sending books and proposing to call, 1 page 8vo (old repairs), Adelphi, 21 March no year.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 2547]
AINSWORTH, William Francis (1807-1896). Geologist.
Autograph Letter Signed to the publisher John Mortimer, thanking him for a contribution to Ainsworth's Magazine, 1 page 8vo, no place, 14 Jun 1844.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 2550]
AINSWORTH, William Francis (1807-1896). Geologist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Colonel Haly, soliciting his attendance at a meeting, 1 page 8vo, Hammersmith, 16 November 1870.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 2549]
AIRY, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892). Astronomer Royal.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Hare', 2 pages 8vo, Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 19 March 1852. Sending a copy of his paper on the British expedition of Julius Caesar (no longer included), and asking for the etymology for Hare-mare (near Etchingham).
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 0004]
AITKEN, Sir William (1825-1892). Pathologist and medical writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dean Harley, regretting that he had missed his visit, 2 pages 8vo, Woolston, 13 Jun 1880.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 2551]
ANDERSON, Elizabeth Garrett (1836-1917). Physician.Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Arnold, 2 pages 8vo with blank leaf, 4 Upper Berkeley Street, 3 February 1881. Expressing satisfaction at Mrs Arnold's good progress since her operation.
£85 / $134 / €100 [No: 24945]
ANDERSON, Elizabeth Garrett (1836-1917). Physician.Autograph Letter Signed on two sides of a card to Mrs Behrens, 4 Upper Berkeley Street, 22 February 1883. Inviting her to lunch or to tea after a concert ('my seat here is Row 2. no 14.').
£55 / $86 / €64 [No: 24946]
ANDERSON, Sir Hugh Kerr (1865-1928). Physiologist and administrator.
3 Autograph Letters Signed to Mr Creed, concerning Creed's thesis, passing on college news etc., 3 pages 8vo, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, 1912 & 1913.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 2554]
ARNOTT, James Moncrieff (b. 1794). Surgeon and medical writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, concerning one of his books, 2 pages 8vo, Fitzroy Square, 'Tuesday' no date.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 2555]
Autograph Letter Signed re botanical books, 2 pages 8vo, 1847
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 2963]
BALL, Sir Robert S. (1840-1913). Astronomer & mathematician.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Frank N Eaton, 1 page 4to, Observatory, Dublin, 2 April 1891. Expressing a willingness to lecture to the Rock Ferry Literary Society and offering to send a detailed syllabus of any subject that might be of interest.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 20239]
BENNETT, Sir James Risdon (1809-1892). Physician.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, sending a receipt for a subscription & reminding his correspondent that the fee is 1 guinea & not £1, 1½ pages 8vo, 24 Finsbury Place, 3 Feb 1844.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 3227]
BESSEMER, Sir Henry (1813-1898). Steelmaker. Inventor of the Bessemer process.Autograph Letter Signed to the Secretary of the Turners Company, 2 pages 8vo, (slight remains of former mount), Denmark Hill, 'Tuesday Morning', no date [1880]. Delivering for safe-keeping a casket and scroll.
£110 / $173 / €129 [No: 21266]
BLERIOT, Louis (1872-1936). French pioneer aviator.Signature in ink ('L Bleriot') on the reverse of a picture postcard showing [Adolphe-Célestin] Pegoud in the cockpit of his aeroplane, no date.
£225 / $355 / €265 [No: 24146]
BOSTOCK, John, the younger (1773-1846). Physician.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, agreeing with enthusiasm to witness his observations, & praising his former papers, 2 pages 8vo (trimmed), Upper Bedford Place, 8 Mar 1842.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 3246]
BRADBURY, John (1768-1825). Botanist and explorer of America.Highly important Autograph Letter Signed to (Sir) James E. Smith (1759-1828, founder of the Linnean Society), 3 pages 4to with address (name only), St Louis, 22 August 1811. Giving a detailed account of his activites during his celebrated travels into the American interior, his relations with Indians, sending botanical specimens, announcing a future excursion with the Indians etc. etc.
£2750 / $4345 / €3244 [No: 23352]
BRODIE, Sir Benjamin Collins (1783-1862). Surgeon.
Signature and subscription cut from a letter, 1854.
£20 / $31 / €23 [No: 1549]
BROWN, Joseph (1784-1868). Physician & philanthropist.
2 Autograph Letters Signed to 'Dear Davey', one discussing mutual patients, the other issuing an invitation to breakfast, 1 p. 8vo & 1 p. 4to, both undated (w.m. 1825).
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 3268]
BRUNEL, Isambard Kingdom (1806-1859). Civil Engineer.Autograph Cheque Signed, on green form of Drummond's Bank, penny revenue stamp affixed to the upper left-hand corner.
£350 / $553 / €412 [No: 4839]
BRUNEL, Sir Marc Isambard (1769-1849). Engineer.2 Autograph Letters Signed to Messrs Dineley, Coverdale & Lee, 2 pages 4to with address-leaves, Thames Tunnel (& no place), November and December 1836. Replying to an invitation to give his opionion on constructing the docks at Erith [south east of London], and in the second letter declining the commission.
£575 / $908 / €678 [No: 25232]
BUCHANAN, Sir George (1831-1895). Physician.
Autograph Letter Signed to [Henry] Mo[rley], discussing materials he had found for a history of St Giles ('an old ballad in the Roxburgh Collection, indecent to a degree' etc).
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 3312]
BUCKLAND, Francis Trevelyan (1826-1880). Naturalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to G[eorge] A[ugustus] Sala, sending his recent paper on Fisheries of Norfolk, for possible material for one of Sala's articles, 4 pages 8vo, 7 Dec 1875.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 3322]
Autograph Letter Signed to Russell, making a date & talking of the beauties of Scotland ('to fully appreciate [Nature] our thoughts must be quiet & at rest'), 3 pages 8vo, 1902.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 3538]
CAMPBELL, Sir Archibald, 1st Baron (1835-1908). Scientist.
Ticket of admission to the House of Lords, signed, 1 page 8vo (oblong), 27 May 1878.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 3543]
CAMPBELL, Sir Archibald, 1st Baron (1835-1908). Scientist.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, sending a cheque for services rendered, 1½ pages 8vo, Brooks's, 14 Feb [1867].
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 3544]
CARUS-WILSON, Charles Ashley (1860-1942). Electrical engineer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Knox, making arrangements for a lecture he is to give at Ryde, 2 pages 8vo, Middlesex, 4 Oct 1905.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 3595]
CHAMBERS, William Frederick (1786-1855). Physician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Thomas Sopwith, making arrangements to meet when he is in Edinburgh for the elction of a professor, 1 p. 8vo, Innerleithen, 22 Sep 1874.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 3642]
CLARK, Sir Andrew (1826-1893). Scottish physician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Jarvis, 1 page 8vo, 16 Cavendish Square, 1 January 1884. Thanking her for her seasonal remembrance, which 'adds to my strength for work and to my satisfaction in doing it'.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 1477]
CLARK, Sir James (1788-1870). Physician to the Queen.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Thompson, giving testimonials ('I hope you have got the medical staff in your favour'), 2 pages 8vo (traces of former mounting), 27 Feb 1863.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 3491]
CLARKE, Sir Charles Mansfield (1782-1857). Accoucheur & medical writer.
Brief Autograph Letter Signed to The Rev. W. Boycott ('You will see by the enclosed that I did not neglect your note'), 1 p. 4to with franked address on verso, 1833.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 3753]
COLERIDGE, Stephen (1854-1936). Anti-vivisectionist & literary man.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, suggesting that the Whitehall Review might give his book a good notice, 1 p. 4to, Egerton Mansions, 25 May 1892.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 3829]
COLLINS, Sir William John (1859-1946). Surgeon & administrator.
Autograph Letter Signed on a correspondence card, to Wilson, declining to back his bill as there are some clauses he cannot support 'con amore', Regent's Park, 24 Feb 1907.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 3855]
CONQUEST, John Tricker (1789-1866). Physician & accoucheur.2 Autograph Letters Signed to Mr Huntsman of Messrs Longman, discussing the distribution of books, 2 pages 16mo, no date.
£40 / $63 / €47 [No: 3067]
COOPER, Sir Alfred (1838-1908). Surgeon & medical writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, asking that his name be added to the list of stewards for the Irving dinner, 1 p. 8vo, Cavendish Square, 7 May 1883.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 3899]
COOPER, Sir Astley Paston (1768-1841). Surgeon.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo (laid down, some glue-stains showing through), no place, no date. Explaining that he had been detained, but arranging to seeing his correspondent the following week. Together with an engraved portrait by Cochran after the painting by Lawrence.
£75 / $118 / €88 [No: 22056]
COOPER, Bransby Blake (1793-1853). Surgeon.
Autograph Letter Signed to Simmonds, asking that he treat the dog of an intimate friend, 1 p. 8vo, 2 Jun ?1853.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 3901]
CORMACK, Sir John Rose (1815-1882). Physician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Fergusson, requesting a photograph & sending his own ('taken on that ever memorable day when the Queen had the honor of making me a knight'), 1872.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 3507]
CRAWFURD, Sir Raymond Henry Payne (1865-1938). Physician and scholar.Autograph Letter Signed to a colleague, Spriggs, 1 page 8vo (slightly trimmed at the left hand side?), Royal College of Physicians, 11 July 1933. With carbon copies of Spriggs's letter to Crawfurd suggesting that the College issue an annual warning about influenza, and his reply to Spriggs's suggestion that it would be better to keep silence.
£45 / $71 / €53 [No: 21617]
CRITCHETT, Sir George Anderson (1845-1925). Ophthalmic surgeon.
Two Autograph Letters Signed to an unnamed lady, sending his signed photograph (included) & his best wishes, 7 pages 8vo, the photo postcard-sized, 1908.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 3972]
CROOKES, Sir William (1832-1919). Chemist & science journalist.Autograph Letter Signed and two Typewritten Letters Signed to [Sir Arthur William] Rücker (1848-1915, physicist), 4 pages 8vo, 7 Kensington Park Gardens and Sark, 1899-1910. Asking him to support Edward Matthey's candidature for the Royal Society, thanking him for his congratulations on Crookes's being awarded the Order of Merit, and conveying social greetings.
£225 / $355 / €265 [No: 25191]
CROOKES, Sir William (1832-1919). Chemist & science journalist.Typewritten Letter Signed to Mrs Maskelyne, 1 page 8vo, 7 Kensington Park Gardens, 1 September 1911. Explaining that Crookes and his wife had been laid low by the extreme heat and were only slowly recovering.
£125 / $197 / €147 [No: 25192]
CROSSE, John Green (1790-1850). Surgeon.Autograph Letter Signed ('J.G. Crosse') to H.W.J. Davey, 2½ pages 8vo with address-leaf, (small tears on second leaf), no place, 22 September no year [probably 1835]. Asking if he can obtain a few copies of the 'North American Review' for him.
£45 / $71 / €53 [No: 1883]
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). Naturalist.Envelope front address in Darwin's hand to Lady Holland in Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, unsigned, laid down on the remains of an album leaf. A note of identification written vertically at the left hand side, some staining, postmark indistinct.
£350 / $553 / €412 [No: 25381]
DAVIES, Henry (1782-1862). Physician.
Autograph Letter Signed acknowledging his election as an honorary member of St George's Medical & Surgical Society, 2 pages 8vo, Saville Row, 22 December 1822.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 4215]
DAVY, Sir Humphry (1778-1829). Chemist and natural philosopher.Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Babington (probably William Babington (1756-1833, physician and mineralogist), 2 pages 8vo with address-leaf (name only), 16? October no year. Asking Babington to convey some letters of introduction to Dr Benjamin ('I have thought that a few letters might be useful to [him] in his travels').
£650 / $1027 / €766 [No: 23379]
DAWSON, Bertrand Edward, Viscount (1864-1945). Physician.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Mr Gamon arranging a date for a dinner and mentioning the Liquor Restriction and Local Prohibition Bill, 1 page 4to, 32 Wimpole Street, 3 Mar 1927.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 4226]
DAWSON, Bertrand Edward, Viscount (1864-1945). Physician.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Mr Gamon accepting an invitation from the Whitefriars Club, 1 page 4to, 32 Wimpole Street, 26 February 1927.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 4225]
DUCKWORTH, Sir Dyce (1840-1928). Physician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lewis Beard concerning the Dawson Turner Memorial, and urging that a prize be endowed for Greek and Latin, with a signed slip, 4 pages 8vo, 1885.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 4158]
DYER, Sir William Turner Thislelton- (1843-1928). Botanist.2 Autograph Letters Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Dear Sir') & Mr Silver (probably the same), 6 pages 8vo, Kew, April and July 1884.
£85 / $134 / €100 [No: 25178]
EARLE, Henry (1789-1838). Surgeon.Autograph Letter Signed to William M Moulton, 1 page 4to (traces of former mounting on the back), George Street [Hanover Square, London}, 29 September 1834. Reporting, in glowing terms, on the outstanding conduct of Moulton's son while a pupil of Earle's.
£125 / $197 / €147 [No: 8188]
ELLIS, Robert Leslie (1817-1859). Scientist and man of letters.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Bruce, ½-page 16mo, Trinity College [Cambridge], 13 March no year. Inviting him for breakfast on Friday.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 1635]
EPPS, John (1805-1869). Homeopathic physician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Thurnam, 1 page 8vo with integral address-leaf, (remains of former mount, seal-tear slightly affecting two words), no place, no date. Requesting two orders of admission for a medical society meeting.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 1725]
EYRE, Sir James (1792-1857). Physician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Joseph Twining, 2 pages 8vo, second page neatly inlaid, Lower Brook Street, 28 November 1846. Accepting an invitation, and requesting a loan of £145 which he will guarantee with 50 shares in the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 1817]
FAIRBAIRN, Sir William (1789-1874). Engineer.Autograph Letter Signed ('W. Fairbairn') to an unnamed correspondent ('Sir'), 1 page 8vo, Manchester, 28 September 1865. Promising to show the statuette to Mr Peel and to his friends.
£120 / $189 / €141 [No: 1117]
FARADAY, Michael (1791-1867). Natural philosopher.Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Holland [(Sir) Henry Holland, 1788-1873, physician], 1 page 8vo on black-edged paper (a few small traces of mounting), Royal Institution, 16 January 1849. Explaining that he would be unable to show Holland and experiment.
£550 / $869 / €649 [No: 25228]
FINLAISON, John (1783-1860). First president of the Institute of Actuaries.Autograph Letter Signed to John Reddish, 1 page 8vo on black-edged paper, 10 Drummond Square, Aberdeen, 24 April 1857. Explaining that the tables about to be published were not entirely his own work, his son having spent seven years on them, and announcing his imminent return to London.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 24341]
FITTIG, Rudolf (1835-1910). German chemist.Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Muir, 1¼ pages 8vo, (traces of former mount), Chemical Institut, University of Strassburg, 25 June 1885. Informing him that the laboratory is closed in August and September, but that the gentleman in question can have a place for the winter semester, and asking what he wishes to study.
£50 / $79 / €58 [No: 2066]
FLEMING, Sir (John) Ambrose (1849-1945). Electrical engineer. Inventor of the wireless valve.Autograph Letter Signed on a postcard to H.B. Wheatley at the Society of Arts, 26 July 1896. Asking for 'blue prints or copies' of the diagrams for his Cantor Lecture.
£85 / $134 / €100 [No: 8071]
FREEMAN, John (1877-1962). Consultant bacteriologist.
Autograph Letter Signed to J.A. Neuhays (bookseller), 1 page 8vo, West Hampstead, 2 October 1943. Asking for his catalogue as advertised in the Times Literary Supplement.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 0358]
FREMANTLE, Sir Francis Edward (1872-1943). Lieutenant-Colonel and Physician.
Typewritten Letter Signed to H. Reinheimer, ½-page 8vo, Bedwell Park, Hatfield, 11 July 1931. Acknowledging receipt of his letter and promising to raise the issues at the Parliamentary Medical Committee.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 0659]
FROST, Percival (1817-1898). Mathematician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Hart, 1 page 8vo, Fitzwilliam Street, 11 November 1889. Expressing hope that Hart's note to the President of the Royal Society will obtain him a hearing, and praising his new invention which he believes will be of great service to 'the poor underground workers'.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 0771]
Autograph Note on a correspondence card to Mrs (?)Bere, 1 page 8vo, no place, 19 December 1870. Thanking her for the loan of Balzac's novel, 'Eugénie Grandot', and the offer of more novels.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 2339]
GAUDRY, Jean Albert (1827-1908). French geologist and palaeontologist.Autograph Letter Signed to [Sir William Boyd Dawkins], 2½ pages 8vo on black-edged paper (two holes in second leaf and light staining not affecting the text), 12 rue Turenne, Paris, 21 September '1868'. The recipient, a fellow geologist and palaeontologist, and the year are provided in pencil in another hand.
£75 / $118 / €88 [No: 25184]
GIBBS, [Oliver] Wolcott (1822-1908). American chemist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Professor I N Roads, 2 pages 8vo, Newport, 19 August 1885. Asking him to stay ('you & I will have a good time together - walking talking and sketching'), and enticing him with gossip about the other guests.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 5336]
GODLEE, Sir Rickman John, baronet (1849-1925). Surgeon; nephew of Joseph Lister.
Autograph Letter Signed to Bucknall, 1½ pages 8vo, 19 Wimpole Street, 28 November 1898. Referring Bucknall to Dr Walker of Bexley, probably on a technical matter.
£35 / $55 / €41 [No: 20456]
GOODHART, Sir James Frederic (1845-1916). Physician.Autograph Letter Signed to Webb Ware, 4 pages 8vo, 25 Portland Place, 26 January 1904. Discussing a mutual patient who is 'lucky to have consulted you and me' as his disease 'however much discomfort he experiences' is due more to bad habit than anything else.
£45 / $71 / €53 [No: 5453]
GORDON, James Alexander (1793-1872). Physician.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent (integral address-leaf trimmed), 1½ pages 8vo, 15 February no year. Apologising for missing an appointment, due to a case of apoplexy 'which admitted of no delay' and arranging another for breakfast the following day.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 5461]
GOWLAND, Professor William (1842-1922). Metallurgist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Lockyer, 1 page 8vo, 13 Russell Road, Kensington, 8 February 1905. Accepting an invitation to dine.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 5491]
GRAHAM, Thomas (1805-1869). Chemist and Master of the Mint.Autograph Letter Signed to William (later Sir William) Crookes (1832-1919), 1½ pages 8vo, R[oyal] Mint, 17 February 1865. Sending an admission ticket for the Royal Mint (no longer present), and suggesting a morning visit.
£75 / $118 / €88 [No: 5500]
GREENWELL, William (1820-1918). Archaeologist.Autograph Letter Signed to a Doctor, 4 pages 8vo, no place 7 October 1897. Discussing repairs to a pot, and other archaeologial matters.
£45 / $71 / €53 [No: 24344]
GRIFFITHS, Ernest Howard (1851-1932). Physicist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Thompson, 3½ pages 8vo, 12 Park Side, Cambridge, 15 October 1901. Praising Thompson's brother and his wife for their efforts on his behalf [in his candidature for the Professorship of experimental philosophy] at Cardiff [University] and soliciting his help as well.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 6139] Longer description
HARTSHORNE, Albert (1839-1910). Archaeologist.Autograph Letter Signed to Price, 2 pages 8vo, on embossed writing paper of the Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 8 November 1885. Declining to add his name to the list supporting Price for the post of Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, but wishing him success in his application.
£45 / $71 / €53 [No: 6693]
HARTSHORNE, Albert (1839-1910). Archaeologist.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 3 pages 8vo, Bradbourne Hall, Ashbourne, 24 March 1892. Promising to send book plates of, amongst others, Robert Glynn (afterwards Clobery) and announcing an interesting article on the subject from the Ex Libris Society.
£45 / $71 / €53 [No: 6692]
HARWOOD, Sir Busick (ca 1750-1814). Anatomist.Autograph Letter Signed to Messrs Kent & Sons in London Wall, 1 page 4to with address on the reverse, 24 August 1809. Discussing carpets, rejecting one but ordering another.
£85 / $134 / €100 [No: 21872]
HERSCHEL, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871). Astronomer.Small collection by or relating to Herschel and his family, 1 volume 4to and loose, ca 1809 to 1870.
£2250 / $3555 / €2655 [No: 22845]
HERSCHEL, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871). Astronomer.Autograph Letter Signed to R.M. Middleton, 1 page 8vo (laid down on the remains of an album leaf), no place, 10 March 1867. Sending something unnamed in compliance with Middleton's request.
£175 / $276 / €206 [No: 24871]
HEWETT, Sir Prescott Gardner (1812-1891). Surgeon.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Madam'), 1 page 8vo, Chesterfield Street, 26 July 1878. Arranging an appointment on 'any morning most convenient to yourself'.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 0545]
HEWETT, Sir Prescott Gardner (1812-1891). Surgeon.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady de Ros, 1 page 8vo, 1 Chesterfield Street, 'May Fair', 2 July 1870. Accepting her and Lord de Ros's invitation.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 6880]
HEWETT, Sir (Frederick) Stanley (1880-1954). Surgeon Apothecary to the Royal Family.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mr Sub Dean', 1 page 8vo, 3 Cleveland Row, St James's, 17 February 1921. Thanking him for his letter of congratulations (on receiving his KCVO).
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 6881]
HORDER, Thomas Jeeves, 1st Baron (1871-1955). Physician.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Clifford Bax, 1 page 8vo (oblong) on writing paper of the Anglo-Soviet Public Relations Association, 20 October 1945. Asking if Bax would be willing to attend a meeting to determine the future of the Association, which has 'lost ground of late'.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 7561]
HORDER, Thomas Jeeves, 1st Baron (1871-1955). Physician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Marchant, 1 page 4to, Ashford Chace, Petersfield, Hampshire, 18 August 1938. Sending sincere congratulations and adding 'As for the P.M. ... when we meet I will tell you my thoughts'. [Chamberlain may already have been suffering the early symptoms of the cancer which was to kill him in 1940.]
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 7560]
HUXLEY, Sir Julian Sorell (1887-1975). Zoologist and philosopher.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 p[ages 8vo (a little creased), The Athenaeum, 16 January 1951. Asking him to pass on an enclosure [no longer present] to 'Tom', and expressing gratitude for his help.
£55 / $86 / €64 [No: 25181]
JESSE, Edward (1780-1868). Writer on natural history.Autograph Letter Signed to [John Wilson?] Croker, 1 page 8vo, H[ampton] Court, 9 March no year. Asking Croker to place an article for him and reporting that his workmen have found 'such a curious old English kitchen in Richmond Park'.
£45 / $71 / €53 [No: 19797]
JESSE, Edward (1780-1868). Writer on natural history.Autograph Letter Signed to [illegible], 2 pages 8vo (traces of former mounting in the margins of the second page), Brighton, 15 January 1866. Thanking him for congratulations on his eighty-seventh birthday ('I ... remember all my blessings - my freedom from pain, my eye sight & hearing nearly perfect and my loving & affectionate wife').
£42 / $66 / €49 [No: 19796]
JOHNSTON, Alexander Keith, the younger (1844-1879). Geographer.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo (traces of former mounting in the ragged left-hand margin), Edinburgh, 'Monday morning' no date. Urging his correpondent to see 'Dr C', and asking him to write beforehand so that the mysterious doctor may expect him and be prepared.
£40 / $63 / €47 [No: 19823]
JOHNSTON, George (1797-1855). Physician and naturalist.Two Autograph Letters Signed one (and probably the other) to John Gray, 4 pages 4to with one address-leaf, Berwick upon Tweed, 27 September 1835 where dated One letter acknowledging receipt of a Royal Medical Society Diploma, and expressing appreciation his long-standing membership of the Society.
£125 / $197 / €147 [No: 24607]
JOHNSTONE, James (1806-1869). Physician.
Autograph Letter Signed to John Churchill, 1 page 4to, address-leaf on the reverse, remains of red wax seal, Birmingham, 14 September 1842. Thanking Churchill for some books and asking him to do whatever he thinks best respecting advertising.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 19824]
Autograph Letter Signed (initials) to Wadd, 1 page 8vo (small piece excised from the lower left-hand corner with no loss of text), no place, no date. Suggesting the Coagulum Aluminis ('made with a lump of alum & the white of an Egg') would be a preferable application and asking for the results of its use.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 20097]
KEYNES, Sir Geoffrey Langdon (1887-1982). Surgeon and literary scholar.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 4to, N. Cornwall, no date. Thanking his correspondent for his report of a poem, which he did not know had been dedicated to Donne, but which he did not feel was 'quite up to the £3.10.0 level'.
£35 / $55 / €41 [No: 20687]
KOENIG, Rodolphe (1832-1901). Physicist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Thompson, 1 page 8vo (rather soiled), Paris, 4 April 1896. Confirming an appointment.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 20981]
Autograph Letter Signed to Friar Leighton, 1 page 8vo, The Kraal, West Norwood, 28 April 1905. Sending a cheque for 10/6 in reponse to 'Friar Carruthers Gould's Circular re Testimonial to Friar Arthur Spurgeon'.
£35 / $55 / €41 [No: 21020]
LANKESTER, Sir Edwin Ray (1847-1929). Zoologist.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 page 8vo (rather worn and soiled with traces of former mounting), Oxford, 19 October no year. Informing him that he will not go to Hayling ponds as Mr Fowler would be able to report his findings the MBA Council.
£45 / $71 / €53 [No: 24608]
LANKESTER, Sir Edwin Ray (1847-1929). Zoologist.Autograph Letter Signed to Grimson, 2 pages 8vo, Oxford, 6 May no year. Setting his fee for a lecture at 30 guineas and offering to speak on either 'Bacteria & the water we drink' or 'Scorpions - their structure, habits & poison'.
£48 / $75 / €56 [No: 20050]
LARDNER, Dionysius (1793-1859). Scientific writer.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('My dear Sir'), 1 page 8vo (tipped at the head to the remains of an album leaf), rue de Lille, 22 March 1854. Recommending Mr Thackeray ('a relative of the well known novelist of that name') who is about to publish a work on the rifle.
£45 / $71 / €53 [No: 5573]
LARDNER, Dionysius (1793-1859). Scientific writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Messrs Ducket Morland & Company, 1 page 8vo (oblong) with integral address-leaf (discolouration on one side), undated. Cancelling two cheques which had gone astray with the hope that they had not yet been paid.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 21628]
LASSUS, Pierre (1741-1807). French surgeon.
Autograph certificate in French, 1 page 8vo, Paris, '6 thermidor an 8' [1797]. Attesting to the receipt of a gold medal with the portrait of Bonaparte which will be deposited in the Institute in Paris. With a transcription.
£35 / $55 / €41 [No: 21061]
LATHAM, Robert Gordon (1812-1888). Ethnologist.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 4to (trimmed), Hyde Park Street, 26 October 1845. Sending manuscripts from 'a literary friend' who wishes them to appear in the Miscellany.
£35 / $55 / €41 [No: 21066]
LATHAM, Robert Gordon (1812-1888). Ethnologist.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Rev G Skinner, 1 page 12mo, no place, no date. Declining an invitation as he is leaving Cambridge that day.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 21065]
LEE, Henry (1826-1888). Naturalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Ward, 1½ pages 8vo, 93 Dover Street, 1 January 1858 ('first letter this year'). Thanking Ward for a present and promising to drink to his health and happiness.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 21235]
LEE, Samuel (1783-1852). Orientalist.
Autograph translation signed, from the Hebrew, ½-page 4to, Cambridge, 4 July 1825. The Hebrew appears at the head, translated as 'The Lord is my light'.
£35 / $55 / €41 [No: 21249]
LISTER, Joseph (1827-1912). Surgeon. Founder of antiseptic surgery.Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Archibald, 1 page 8vo on black-edged paper with blank leaf, 12 Park Crescent, Portland Place, 1 April 1898. Inviting him to join Lister at a dinner for the retiring Italian ambassador at the Athenaeum on Friday the 29th.
£750 / $1185 / €884 [No: 24563]
LISTER, Joseph (1827-1912). Surgeon. Founder of antiseptic surgery.Autograph testimonial for William Weir, 1 page 8vo with blank leaf (somewhat soiled), 'Stratford, London E' (on writing paper of Upton House), 10 September 1864.
£550 / $869 / €649 [No: 24762]
LISTER, Joseph (1827-1912). Surgeon. Founder of antiseptic surgery.Engraved certificate confirming that William Weir had attended lecture by Lister and George Buchanan, on card, 114 x 78 mm. (4½ x 3 inches), 1862. Signed at the foot by both lecturers. The certificate is for attendance at the 'Clinical Lectures on the cases of Surgical Patients in the Glasgow Royal Infirmary'. The reverse has an engraving of the building.
£250 / $395 / €295 [No: 24763]
LIVEING, George Downing (1827-1924). Chemist and university administrator.
Autograph Letter Signed to W A Browne, 1 page 12mo, Cambridge, 17 December 1886. Conveying his desire to attend the conference at Lambeth Palace.
£35 / $55 / €41 [No: 21777]
LIVESEY, James (1833-1925). Civil engineer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, Preston, 3 March 1879. Sending a pamphlet (no longer present) containing a speech of Sir H Thompson.
£35 / $55 / €41 [No: 21780]
LOCKYER, Sir Joseph (1836-1920). Astronomer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Reed, 1 page 8vo, Alexandra Hotel, Oban, 'Wednesday' no date. Sending regrets that his sojourn in the Highlands prevents his accepting her invitation.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 21824]
LOCOCK, Sir Charles (1799-1874). Obstetric physician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Brookfield, 1 page 8vo on black-edged paper (trimmed at the top with no loss of text, glue-stained), no place, no date. Explaining that he is only at the address named to attend Princess Alice 'for the Queen's sake', as he is virtually retired, and declining to offer any assistence to a doctor whose name is crossed out.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 21991]
LOCOCK, Sir Charles (1799-1874). Obsteptric physician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Reid, 4 pages 12mo, Tunbridge Wells, 11 October no year. A long and detailed discussion of fees to be shared.
£35 / $55 / €41 [No: 21825]
LODGE, Sir Oliver Joseph (1851-1940). Scientist.Typewritten Letter Signed to H Reinheimer, 1 page 4to, Normanton House, Lake, Salisbury, 21 March 1932. Giving the tentative assurance that all biologists accept symbiosis as a reality, but as he is a scientist himself he recommends that Reinheimer consult Julian Huxley ('who is favourably impressed by your work').
£85 / $134 / €100 [No: 21992]
LODGE, Sir Oliver Joseph (1851-1940). Scientist.Letter Signed to Price, 2 (facing) pages 8vo (worn and soiled in the folds), The University, Birmingham, 23 October 1914. Seeking elucidation on Price's forthcoming course and the opening lecture which Lodge had presumably been asked to deliver.
£75 / $118 / €88 [No: 21993]
LONG, Roger (1680-1770). Astronomer & Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge.
Testimonial signed, 1 page 4to, also signed by J. Peele, Cambridge, 7 July 1750. Recommending the Reverend John Carlyon to be a subscribing member of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 22606]
LOUDON, Charles (1801-1844). Medical writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Thomas Doubleday, 3 pages 8vo with integral address-leaf, Paris, 4 August 1842. Sending his own book and advising Doubleday on how to attract recognition for his book ('I am certain we are the only two writers on population who have treated the doctrines of Mr Malthus in anything like rational grounds').
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 22110]
LOVERIDGE, Henry (1810-1892). Metalware designer & manufacturer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Messrs Hawker Page, 1½ pages 8vo, 31 December 1878. Requesting that the dividend for two shares be paid to him.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 22152]
LULHAM, P Habberton (1865-1940). Physician & poet.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Davies, 1 page 8vo, Cumnor, Dyke Road, Brighton, no date. Declining an invitation to dine as he has already accepted that of Mrs Adeney.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 22224]
LYELL, Sir Charles (1797-1875). Geologist.Autograph Letter Signed to J. Smith, 2 pages 8vo, 53 Harley Street, 9 February 1862. Informing Smith that he had used him name 'in my book in the press' and asking for further information.
£285 / $450 / €336 [No: 25383]
Signature in hieroglyphics, signed (in Western script), on a small sheet cut from writing paper of 13 Buckingham Terrace, Glasgow. Identified on the back in Macalister's hand and dated March 1906.
£35 / $55 / €41 [No: 22758]
MACALISTER, Sir Donald, 1st Baronet (1854-1934). Physician and medical administrator.
Autograph Letter Signed to Wooldridge, 1 page 8vo with envelope, St John's College, Cambridge, 21 July 1886. Expressing willingness to accept Wooldridge's paper, though reluctant to set a date of publication as both August and September numbers of The Practitioner are made up.
£35 / $55 / €41 [No: 22373]
MACARTNEY, James (1770-1843). Anatomist.
Autograph Letter Signed to John Cross ('Surgeon'), 1 page 4to with integral address-leaf (seal tear), no place, postmarked 1823. Sending a testimonial and assuring him of securing the position.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 22377]
MACARTHUR, Sir William Porter (1884-1964). Army medical officer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Wilkins, 1 page 8vo (filing holes), 14 Sloane Gardens, 'Friday' no date. Reporting that White has now taken up the committee work he had previously undertaken on a part-time basis.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 22375]
McCORMAC, Sir William (1836-1901). Irish surgeon.
Autograph Letter Signed to Pinches, 1 page 8vo, 13 Harley Street, 22 March no year. Arranging an appointment.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 22596]
MACDONALD, Sir Murdoch (1866-1957). Engineer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Alex-Tweedie, 1 page 8vo, 26 Half Moon Street, London, 30 March 1922. Thanking her for her note of congratulations on his election (as MP for Inverness).
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 22627]
MACKENZIE, Sir Morell (1837-1892). Physician.Autograph Letter Signed to Thackrall, 2 pages 8vo (some foxing), 19 Harley Street, 31 July 1889. An acerbic request that a table be made at once or he will go to Collinson and Lock.
£50 / $79 / €58 [No: 22676]
MACNISH, Robert (1802-1837). Physician & writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo (within an added border), no place, 1 March no year. Expressing extreme annoyance concerning the delivery of some busts and offering to guarantee them if his correspondent will let them be delivered.
£35 / $55 / €41 [No: 22705]
MAHAN, Alfred Thayer (1840-1914). Admiral, geostrategist & educator.
Autograph Letter Signed to Baddeley, 2 pages 8vo, 160 West Eighty Sixth Street, 25 March 1905. Thanking Baddeley for the copy of his report on his and Professor Ewing's visit to New York.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 22733]
MAKINS, Sir George Henry (1853-1933). Surgeon.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Jennie', 2 pages 8vo, The Cottage, Hurstbourne Park, Whitchurch, 9 September 1911. Assuring her that he is not displeased with his daughters' poor examination marks ('They might have learned more and have been very much less satisfactory').
£35 / $55 / €41 [No: 22710]
MALLESON, Elizabeth (1828-1916). Educationist and promoter of rural district nursing.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Chapman, 4 pages 8vo, Camp Cottage, Wimbledon Common, 11 October, no year. Tactfully urging him to withdraw his letter of complaint to the Shield, where quotations from his pamphlet had, apparently, been published without acknowledging his authorship.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 22765]
MANBY, Charles (1804-1884). Civil engineer.
Autograph Letter Signed to C. Hastings, 3 pages 8vo, 25 Great George Street, 10 March 1856. Supporting Hastings's wish to be put on the 'Free List' of the Adelphi Theatre (with the management of which Manby had been associated).
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 22777]
MANBY, Charles
Autograph Letter Signed to Hastings, 3 pages 8vo, 10 March 1856
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 0566]
MANGLES, Robert Horticulturist.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 3 pages 8vo, Sunninghill, Berkshire, 21 June 1853. Attempting to elicit a favourable review of a book on Mount Lebanon by his friend Colonel Churchill, who is also a 'Great florist & introducer of several plants called after him'.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 22782]
MARCET, Alexander John (1770-1822). Physician and chemist.Autograph Letter Signed to Thomas Harrison, 2 pages 8vo with integral endorsed leaf, Russell Square, 22 April 1816. Regretfully stnading down from the 'Board of Managers' but offering his services for the future if the opportunity were to offer itself.
£65 / $102 / €76 [No: 24815]
MARCONI, Guglielmo (1874-1937). Pioneer of radio.Autograph radio telegram signed ('Guglielmo' plus initials) sent from his yacht Electra to his wife, 1 page folio (oblong) 13 October 1934. On the printed form of the Societa Italiana Radio Marittima addressed to the Marchesa Marconi at the Astor Hotel, Viareggio.
£750 / $1185 / €884 [No: 22823]
MARJOLIN, Jean-Nicholas (d. 1850). French surgeon.
Autograph Letter Signed in French to 'Monsieur et Savant Confrère', 1 page 4to on paper of the Société de Chirugie de Paris (somewhat foxed), Paris, 18 August 1892. Reporting the unanimous decision to convey the title of foreign associate on his correspondent who is evidently British.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 22858]
MARSHALL, Henry (1775-1851). Military surgeon.
Autograph Letter Signed to S. Reed, 2 pages 8vo with 2 page 8vo signed memorandum enclosed, Dublin, 9 March 1829. Attempting to learn of the current condition of Duncan, lately discharged from the Navy for palsy of the arm and leg.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 22920]
MARSHALL, Sir John (1818-1891). Surgeon and teacher of anatomy.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir J[ohn] Simon (1816-1904, surgeon & public health officer), on two sides of a correspondence card (a few words lost), 92 Cheyne Walk, 18 Nov 1890. Discussing the intrigues of a committee ('the Gods demand a Sacrifice or a Sop').
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 22928]
MARTIN, Sir James Ranald (1793-1874). Surgeon and medical administrator.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr B.A. Gill, 1 page 8vo, 24 Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, 'Monday Evn' no date. Agreeting to meet Gill the following day to visit a patient.
£35 / $55 / €41 [No: 22935]
MATHEMATICS
Problem posited and solved in French and signed Mangiarnele, and translated into English, 3 pages 8vo, 23 August 1838. With a note to the effect that Mangiarnele 'the calculating Sicilian Boy' solved the problem in 3 minutes.
£32 / $50 / €37 [No: 23002]
MATTEUCCI, Carlos (1811-1868). Italian physicist & neurophysiologist.Autograph Letter (third person) in French, to Dr Harrington, 1 page 8vo with integral address-leaf, 1840. A thank-you letter.
£35 / $55 / €41 [No: 23020]
MAUDSLEY, Henry (1771-1831). Engineer
Autograph Letter Signed to the Revd Mr ?Chiswick, 1 page 8vo, Lambeth, 11 November 1825. Reporting on a parcel he has ordered to be sent.
£35 / $55 / €41 [No: 23027]
MAXIM, Sir Hiram Stevens (1840-1916). Engineer and inventor.Bold signature on 1 page 8vo, 18 Queen's Gate Place, London, nd.
£45 / $71 / €53 [No: 24150]
MEADOWS, Alfred (1833-1887). Obstetric physician.
Autograph Letter Signed to ?Smile, 2 pages 8vo, 27 George Street, Hanover Square, no date. Allowing the use of his name, but little else in the way of practical help.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 23066]
MELDOLA, Raphael (1849-1915). Chemist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Davis, 1 page 8vo, Atlas Works, Hackney Wick, London, 15 Janaury 1885. Agreeing to lecture at the Chenies Street School.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 23075]
MERRIMAN, Samuel (1771-1852). Physician-accoucheur.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Sims, 1 page folio, Half Moon Street, 15 February no year. Noting that they are both treating the same lady in the Edgware Road and suggesting that, in the interest of propriety, they visit her together.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 23120]
MILL, Hugh Robert (1861-1950). Geographer & meteorologist.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 conjoint pages 8vo, 62 Camden Square, 27 October 1903. Offering to answer his correspondent's query if he will clarify his need and the meaning of 'wetness'.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 23172]
MILLER, William Allen (1817-1870). Chemist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Muspratt, 2 pages 8vo (traces of former mounting on the back of the blank page), Kings' College, London, 29 October 1848. Regretting that he has no copy of Poggendorff's book to lend and thanking Muspratt for the copy of the Pharmaceutical Times containing 'some sensible remarks on the evidence in the late trial'.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 23207]
MITCHELL, Silas Weir (1829-1914). American physician & writer.Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Cadwalader, 1½ pages 8vo, 1524 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 'Wednesday' no date. A shaky hand reports his own illness which contributed to the delay in sending her note to his wife.
£35 / $55 / €41 [No: 23227]
MONIER-WILLIAMS, Sir Monier (1819-1899). Orientalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2½ pages 8vo, Chessington, Kingston on Thames, 26 March 1898. Thanking his correspondent for the pamphlet The Reformed Alphabet, a scheme for facilitating learning to read, but explaining that he lacks the time and health to study it properly and prefers his own method.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 23297]
MORAN, Charles McMoran Wilson, Baron (1882-1977). Physician & writer; personal physician to Churchill.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Harding, 2 pages 8vo, Royal College of Physicians, Pall Mall East, 23 Feburary 1948. Thanking her for hospitality and telling her that he is very busy preparing obituaries of the Fellows of the College who have died in the past year ('It is easy in trying to bring themto life to send the survivors to sleep').
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 23341]
MORISON, Stanley Arthur (1889-1967). Typogapher.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Donald Attwater, 1 page 8vo on writing paper of The Times, 8 March 1945. Thanking Attwater for his letter ('After all these years it is particularly good of you').
£35 / $55 / €41 [No: 23366]
MORLEY, John, Viscount (1838-1923). Statesman & man of letters.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo, Berkeley Lodge, West Hill, Putney, 2 April, 1875. Agreeing that Fuller should be included in the Series of English Men of Letters, but warning his correspondent that there will be a delay in doing so.
£35 / $55 / €41 [No: 23369]
MUDD, Dr H.H. (d.1899). American anatomist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir William McCormac, 3 pages 8vo, St Louis, 26 September 1898. Attempting to track down the origin of a quotation of Oliver Wendell Holmes.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 23434]
MURCHISON, Charles (1830-1879). Physician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Cooke, 1 page 8vo, on embossed writing paper of the Athenaeum, as from 79 Wimpole Street, 21 June no year. Asking Cooke to vote for Dr Bishop of Paris [for membership in the Club]. Murchison had been elected to the Athenaeum in 1878; Robert Cooke [John Murray's assistant, who may be the correspondent here] in 1871.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 23474]
MURRAY, Hugh (1779-1846). Geographer.
Autograph Letter Signed to J.T. Smith (Keeper of Prints at the British Museum), 1 page 4to (laid down), London, 11 October 1826. Thanking Smith for his hospitality and 'the liberality with which you have laid open the treasures of art of which are are the Guardian'.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 23547]
MUSPRATT, James Sheridan (1821-1871). Chemist.
Autograph Letter Signed to George Atkins, 2 pages 8vo with envelope, Liverpool, 'Monday 1853'. Urging Atkins to sign up for a chemistry course in advance, thus making a saving of £10.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 23492]
NASMYTH, James (1808-1890). Engineer and inventor of the steam-hammer.Autograph Letter Signed to Mr [S.A.] Garnett, 6 pages 8vo, Bailey's Hotel, London, 28 April 1877. With thumbprint ('Hys marke') under the signature. A lengthy letter thanking Garnett for a portrait, probably a photograph, attempting to raise his spirits ('the present depression must pass away') and giving advice from his own experience.
£150 / $237 / €176 [No: 21275]
NECKER, Louis Albert (1786-1861). Geologist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Colonel MacInnes, 1 page 8vo (seal tear on integral address-leaf), 10 Charlotte Street, 19 January no year [watermark 1831]. Accepting an invitation.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 23616]
NETTLESHIP, Edward (1845-1913). Ophthalmic surgeon.
Autograph Letter Signed to Hodges, 1 page 8vo, 5 Wimpole Street, 15 July 1892 (note of identication in the margin). Declining Hodges' invitation to luncheon on the grounds that he is unlikely to attend the meeting.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 23631]
NICHOLSON, Henry Alleyne (1844-1890). Biologist & geologist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr G[eorge] C[harles] Wallich (1815-1899, military surgeon & oceanographer), 2 pages 8vo, St Andrews, 16 October 1878 (notes in blue pencil). Failing to identify the source of a drawing of Amoeba princeps he had used in a paper, with a copy of Wallich's letter requesting the identification.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 23700]
NICOL, John Pringle (1804-1859). Astronomer.
Autograph Letter Signed to W.H. Forster, 2½ pages 8vo (laid down on the remains of an album leaf), Observatory, 3 January 1850. Soliciting Forster's help for Erdohazy, a recently arrived refugee.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 23690]
NICOL, John Pringle (1804-1859). Astronomer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Joseph ?West, 2 pages 8vo, Observatory, 19 April 1852. Returning the syllabus ('it requires very little correction') and asking West to obtain a bedroom and parlour for his forthcoming trip to Newcastle.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 23691]
NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910). Reformer of nursing.Autograph Letter Signed to Alex[ander] H[ay] Japp (1836-1905, author & publisher), 1 page 8vo (oblong, very small fragment lacking at the top), 35 South Street, 16 May 1878. Headed 'Good Words', the periodical that Japp assisted in editing, sending an article for that paper.
£850 / $1343 / €1002 [No: 25167]
NORTHAMPTON, Spencer Joshua Compton (1790-1851). Second Marquis; President of the Royal Society.
Autograph Letter Signed to the geologist, J[ames] [Scott] Bowerbank, 1 pages 4to with integral address-leaf and remains of red wax seal, Piccadilly, 14 April 1839. Rearranging an appointment.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 23744]
NORTHAMPTON, Spencer Joshua Compton (1790-1851). Second Marquis; President of the Royal Society.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1½ pages 4to (traces of former mounting on the margin), St James's Hotel, 19 August 1835. Forwarding a letter (no longer present) which declines to give his corresondent the post ('at which I am sorry on account of the public as well as yourself').
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 23822]
NORTHAMPTON, Spencer Joshua Compton (1790-1851). Second Marquis; President of the Royal Society.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Robert Peel, 1 page 4to, Castle Ashby, 9 April 1822. Requesting that Peel lay before the king his request for the appointment of a cornet in the Northampton Yeomanry.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 23823]
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Weldon, 2½ pages 8vo, on writing paper of the Hotel Burlington, Dover, 14 June 1907. Graciously accepting her invitation to dine and to meet the Ramsays, and explaining that they are in Dover for his wife's health.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 23806]
OLDHAM, Henry (1815-1902). Obstetric physician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr R.C. Cream, 1 page 8vo, Spa Hotel, Isle of Wight, 12 September no year [pencilled in another hand '1878']. Explaining that he will not return to London until Monday, but after that date would be able to see his patient.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 1884]
OLDHAM, Henry (1815-1902). Obstetric physician.
A.Document Signed, 2 pages 8vo, no place, no date. A testimonial for Mr Johnson ('I believe him to well-informed in every branch of [obstetrics]').
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 23818]
ORMEROD, Eleanor Anne (1888-1901). Entomologist; daughter of Bob Ormerod.Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Nisbet, 3½ pages 8vo, Torrington House, St Albans, 7 February 1893. Taking great care to explain that her work on agricultural needs is the reason why she does not reply to queries about plants grown under glass, and suggesting that any good nursery-man will answer her query about the Cineraria.
£55 / $86 / €64 [No: 23875]
OSBORN, Henry Fairfield (1857-1935). American geologist, paleontologist & eugenicist.Autograph Letter Signed to Balker, 1 page 8vo, 'on board the Cunard R.M.S. Aquitania'. 9 June [1933]. A farewell note, with a word of regret for their failure to meet.
£45 / $71 / €53 [No: 24059]
PAGE, Thomas (1803-1877). Civil engineer; early proposer of a Channel tunnel.Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Eng, 2 pages 12mo (facing), 35 Royal Terrace, Adelphi, 27 March 1871. Sending sympathy for the state of Mr Eng's health, requesting his photograph and promising to send one of himself in return.
£55 / $86 / €64 [No: 24205]
PAGET, Sir George Edward (1809-1892). Physician & university professor.Autograph Letter Signed to [Sir] Walter L[angdon] Brown (1870-1946, physician), 3 pages 8vo, Cambridge, 18 December 1880. Regretting that he will unable to attend the conference at Lambeth Palace because he is obliged to be present at a meeting of a medical society of which he is president.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 24226]
PAGET, Sir James, 1st Baronet (1814-1899). Surgeon.
Signature and two words from the end of a letter.
£25 / $39 / €29 [No: 4041]
PARIS, John Ayrton (1785-1856). Physician.Autograph Letter Signed to 'The Chairman of the Pow Wow', evidently a fellow-physician, 2 pages 8vo, no place, no date. Backing any form of treatment his correspondent prescribes for what appears to be a hopeless case, hinting that the loss of the cook may have contributed to the failure in health, and advocating budgetary restraint.
£55 / $86 / €64 [No: 24323]
PARTINGTON, Charles Frederick (d. 1857?). Scientific writer.Autograph Letter Signed to Herring, 3 pages 8vo with integral address-leaf (small blank piece excised and replaced), London Institution, 'Monday' no date [watermark 1821]. Ordering two copies of his Partington on the Steam Engine to be bound, one in Russia for presentation to the Honorary Secretary, to whom it is dedicated.
£40 / $63 / €47 [No: 24419]
PEACOCK, George (1791-1858). Mathematician.Autograph Letter Signed to [William Whewell] ('Dear Master'), 2 pages 8vo, Deanery, 25 March no year [watermark 1843]. Congratulating Whewell on his reasoning ('convincingly stated').
£45 / $71 / €53 [No: 24474]
PEARSON, John (1758-1826). Surgeon.Autograph Letter Signed to John Cross, 1 page 4to with integral address-leaf and red wax seal (seal tear), Golden Square, postmarked 1823. Sending a testimonial (no longer present), praising Cross's ability and wishing him success.
£40 / $63 / €47 [No: 24484]
PEGGE, Sir Christopher (1765-1822). Physician.Autograph Letter Signed to Bohte, trimmed to ca 60 x 180mm (1¼ x 7¼ inches) (Traces of mounting on the reverse) 10 Upper Seymour Street, 26 February 1819. Requesting a 'small portable German & English, and a German & French Dictionary'. A note on the back identifies Bohte as a German bookseller from York.
£40 / $63 / €47 [No: 24492]
PERCY, John (1817-1889). Metallurgist.Autograph Letter Signed to Gowland, 1 page 8vo, on embossed writing paper of the Museum of Practical Geology, 24 January 1872. Thanking Gowland for an 'interesting specimen' and reporting that he can think of no new explanation for the event.
£55 / $86 / €64 [No: 24520]
PETO, Sir Samuel Morton (1809-1889). Engineer, contractor, and politician.Autograph Letter (third person) to Lady Hooker, 1½ pages 8vo, 9 Great George Street, Westminster, 22 November 1861. Regretting that he has already promised his votes so will be unable to assist the case of Dr Fraser 'at the next Election of the Idiot Asylum'.
£45 / $71 / €53 [No: 24571]
PHILLIPS, Sir Richard (1767-1840). Chemist.Autograph Letter Signed to William Brown jnr., 1 page 8vo, Charing Cross, 30 January 1843. Explaining that Brown had mistaken him for his namesake (John Phillips), the curator of York Museum.
£40 / $63 / €47 [No: 24622]
POCOCK, Reginald Innes (1863-1947). Zoologist; superintendent of London Zoo.Autograph Letter Signed to Sherborne, 2 pages 8vo (note of identification in ink at the head), Zoological Society's Gardens, Regents Park, 17 April 1910. Enlisting Sherborne's assistance in locating a paper ('I suppose it is one of those beastly German doctor's degree treatises').
£45 / $71 / €53 [No: 24821]
POTTS, Robert (1802-1885). Mathematician.Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Waring, 1½ pages 8vo, Cambridge, 28 February 1882. Offering to help support Waring's book.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 25005]
POUILLET, Claude (1791-1868). French physicist.Autograph Letter Signed to Monfleur, 1 page 4to, on writing paper of the Conservatoire Royal des Arts et Méliers, 11 April 1849. Discussing the relative merits of various conducting materials.
£65 / $102 / €76 [No: 25006]
PRAIN, Sir David (1856-1944). Botanist.Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Payne, 2 pages 8vo, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 28 November 1919. Apologising for not replying earlier to a previous letter and passing on advice about the grafting of mistletoe plants.
£45 / $71 / €53 [No: 25179]
PRATT, Anne (married name Pearless) (1806-1893). Botanist.Autograph Letter Signed to Adams, 3 pages 8vo (traces of former mounting on the last blank page), no place, no date. Praising Adams's poems and asking that his contribution to her next volume, on the Speedwell, be sent to her soon.
£38 / $60 / €44 [No: 25043]
PRIESTLEY, Sir William Overend (1829-1900). Obstetric physician.Autograph Letter Signed to 'Sir Frederick', 2 pages 8vo ('Dr Priestley' in ink at the head), 17 Hertford Street, Mayfair, 11 June 1883. Applying to be a steward at the dinner for Irving ('Irving is an old friend of mine').
£40 / $63 / €47 [No: 25110]
PROCTOR, Richard Anthony (1837-1888). Astronomer & science writer.Autograph Letter Signed to the editor of St Paul's Magazine, 1 page 8vo, 8 Wellington Villas, Brighton, 8 June 1871. Forwarding an article (no longer present) entitled 'Sir John Herschel as a theorist in Astronomy' and promising to be more prompt with proofs.
£50 / $79 / €58 [No: 25202]
PROCTOR, Richard Anthony (1837-1888). Astronomer & science writer.Autograph Letter Signed to [William] Charles Kent (1823-1902, editor of The Sun), 2 pages 8vo with envelope, 2 North Road, Clapham Park, 20 August 1873. Sending a new photograph to be used in place of the one published which shows a fierce visage ('probably agreeing with the popular conception of me as an energetic disputant').
£45 / $71 / €53 [No: 25201]
ROGET, Peter Mark (1779-1869). Physician & Savant; published Roget's Thesaurus.Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Sharpey (presumably the physiologist William Sharpey, 1802-1880), 3 pages 8vo, 18 Upper bedford Place, 4 May 1846. Advising Sharpey not to hasten into print in the 'Lancet' in the matter of a dispute.
£175 / $276 / €206 [No: 20994]
SABINE, Sir Edward (1788-1883). Army officer, explorer and physicist.Autograph Letter Signed to W[illiam] H[enry] Flower (1831-1899, zoologist), 2 pages 12mo, 13 Ashley Place, 20 April 1874. Resigning, on medical grounds, from the Philosophical and Royal Society clubs.
£125 / $197 / €147 [No: 25356]
SABINE, Sir Edward (1788-1883). Army officer, explorer and physicist.Autograph Letter Signed to E.W. Cooke, 3 pages 8vo, 13 Ashley Place, 27 April no year [watermark 1862]. Welcoming him home and inviting him to an early dinner to meet a colleague.
£110 / $173 / €129 [No: 25355]
SEELEY, Harry Govier (1839-1909). Geologist & palaeontologist.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 3 pages 8vo, 31 Soho Square, 12 August 1874. Written as Professor of Geology at Bedford College, London, Seeley attempts to enlist his correspondent's assistance in developing a new institution for the education of 'the producing classes'.
£55 / $86 / €64 [No: 7103]
SMYTH, William Henry (1788-1865). Admiral and scientific writer.Autograph Letter Signed to u.c, 1 page 8vo, St John's Lodge 'near Aylesbury', 4 September 1858. Sending a copy of his 'dolorous adieu to ye Virginis' with the condition that 'you are not expected to read it' and announcing his intention to dine at the club the following Thursday.
£125 / $197 / €147 [No: 24857]
SOMERVILLE, Mary (1780-1872). Scientific writer.Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Smyth, 1 page 8vo, no place, 'Friday' no date ('June 1848' in another hand). Thanking Mrs Smyth for the loan of books and accepting her invitation for the following Tuesday evening.
£85 / $134 / €100 [No: 24870]
STEPHENSON, George (1781-1848). Civil engineer. Founder of railways.Letter Signed ('Geo. Stephenson') to John Ellis, 2 pages 8vo (the signature running on to the third side), Tapton House, 10 July 1848. Expressing doubts about Mr Barlow's suitability, and recommending that Ellis employ a man with a knowledge of coal-mining to report on the important issue of coal under the railway.
£1500 / $2370 / €1769 [No: 22574]
STEPHENSON, Robert (1803-1859). Civil engineer.Autograph Letter Signed ('Rob Stephenson') to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 4to, London, 11 October 1851. Thanking him for a 'handsome present of porcelain', and regretting that he was too busy to take much advantage of his correspondent's visit to London.
£325 / $513 / €383 [No: 22563]
STOPES, Marie Carmichael (1880-1958). Advocate of birth-control.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo (filing hole, received stamp), Norbury Park, Dorking, Surrey, 9 March 1953. Seeking the appropriate procedure for ascertaining the former name of someone who has assumed, or been granted, British citizenship, though born abroad.
£75 / $118 / €88 [No: 6939]
THOMPSON, Sir Henry, 1st Baronet (1820-1904). Surgeon.Letter Signed to [Walter Raleigh] Browne and an Autograph Letter Signed to C[harles] Manby, in all 6 pages 8vo, ? and London, 27 October 1873 and 4 January 1899. The first letters reports on his holiday where he has seen Browne's two daughters, mentioning their industriousness and the charms of the place; the second sends thanks for congratulations (on his baronetcy).
£85 / $134 / €100 [No: 7384]
TURNER, Sir William (1832-1916). Anatomist and university administrator.Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Alice, 4 pages 8vo, 6 Eton Terrace, Edinburgh, 24 May 1913. Thanking her for volumes of the Philosophical Transactions, and sending family news.
£35 / $55 / €41 [No: 24342]
TYNDALL, John (1820-1893). Physicist and mountaineer.Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Buxton, 1 page 8vo in purple ink, Royal Institution (blind stamp), 4 March no year. Charmingly accepting her invitation.
£120 / $189 / €141 [No: 25392]
VERNEUIL, Edouard Poulletier de (1805-1873). Geologist and paleontologist.Autograph Letter Signed in English to E[dward] Wood, 2½ pages 8vo (laid down with the envelope-front), London, 'friday night', no date. Thanking him warmly for his hospitality, asking him to instruct the Scarborough dealer to send specimens to him at Somerset House, and describing the difficulties of his journey back to London.
£110 / $173 / €129 [No: 22085]
VINES, Sydney Howard (1849-1934). Botanist.Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Fox, 1 page 8vo, Headington Hill, Oxford, 3 November 1919. Giving advice on the mistletoe in her garden.
£45 / $71 / €53 [No: 25186]
WHITE, J. William (1850-1916). American surgeon, teacher, author & athlete.Autograph Letter Signed to C Ross Smith Jr, 1½ pages 8vo, 1810 South Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, 15 February 1912. An amusing letter to an autograph collector, sending also (sadly no longer present) autographs of John Sargent, Owen Wister, Agnes Repplier, Langdon Mitchell and Richard Harding Davis.
£75 / $118 / €88 [No: 24655]