£429
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs ft. the Library of the Late William St Clair Pt II | 712
Auction: 28 September 2022 at 11:00 BST
between William St. Clair and the British Museum, the British Library, the Earl of Elgin and others, including retained copies, regarding Elgin matters including sale of the Firman and archive, the Philip Hunt archive, including photocopies of the originals of the Hunt papers copied by Mrs Langland in the 1930s, Sybil Langland's letters to St. Clair, later manuscript copies of letters from T. Lacy to Philip Hunt;
Bruce, Thomas, 7th Earl of Elgin. A.L.S. to The Lord Keith responding to his complaints about the state of the roads, Broomhall 29th Aug. 1817, 4pp.
Note: Philip Hunt (1772-1838), chaplain to the 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841).
Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.