Name: Auction: Edgeworth, Maria, and others Including a letter regarding the Irish Potato Famine and other matters
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 945 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

Head of Sale, Cathy Tait, is delighted to present our first Books &amp; Manuscripts auction of 2025, which took place on Wednesday 05 February in our historic saleroom in Edinburgh and online.Manuscript and archive material lead the way in the sale, with a signed letter by Mary I of England (Mary Tudor), a fascinating English Civil War medical text and an account of a voyage undertaken by the East India Company ship the “Swift”, a journey instrumental in the treatment and prevention of scurvy.Further highlights of the sale include an intriguing collection of detective and adventure novels from the golden age of mystery fiction, a near-complete collection of the output of the T.N. Foulis Press and an extremely rare 1915 copy of the Persian Gulf Pilot.Buyer's Guide:&nbsp;

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Autograph letter signed, dated "Edgeworthtown, July 14th 1847", 8vo, regarding a donation of 50 barrels of meal arriving in Ireland from America on the Macedonia, small tape repair on lower outer corner and 4 others, parts of letters signed by Edgeworth; Stirling-Maxwell, Sir William Autograph letter signed, dated 29th May 1865, 8vo, 3 pages, to Lady Stanley regarding an engraving for a bell; and a small collection of other manuscripts including a note from Thomas Hughes dated 1854 ["Unless you can send us up a lady who will devote herself to managing a home in the West End, you cannot do us more good than by spreading knowledge of the facts in all directions…"];&nbsp; together with further interesting letters (quantity)

Including a letter regarding the Irish Potato Famine and other matters

Edgeworth, Maria, and others

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Edgeworth, Maria, and others

Including a letter regarding the Irish Potato Famine and other matters

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