£1,188
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 605
Auction: 17 June 2020 at 11:00 BST
1) two autograph lines in Robert Burns' hand 'by meer dint of applying it, as doctor... shoulders, stitch, in a dozen filgrin[..] and "Robert Ainslie" on reverse, on slip of paper 3 x 13cm; 2) Autograph letter signed from Agnes M'Lehose to Robert Ainslie, 2pp., 19 Oct. 1834, enquiring after his health and announcing her intention to take tea with him; with note about Clarinda in R. Ainslie's hand; and 3) Autograph note in Robert Ainslie's hand testifying that the Burns item in part of 'a ludicrous account of a tailor carrying a parcel of books.. from a village library and rudely becoming argumentative & polemical..' (3)