Lot 64

Wilde, Sir William Robert Wills (1815-1876), ophthalmologist & father of Oscar Wilde
Autograph letter signed

Auction: 16 June 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
1 Merrin [Merrion] Square, [Dublin], 1st March 1861. Single bifolium (17.9 x 11.4cm), written on one side only, Wilde's embossed heraldic monogram to head, addressed to ‘My dear Sir’ and discussing the publication of ‘the 'Malformations'’ (An Essay on the Malformations and Congenital Diseases of the Organs of Sight, 1862), damp-stained, tipped to front cover Frank Harris, Oscar Wilde, his Life and Confessions, 1916 (volume 1 only, 8vo, original cloth, inscriptions apparently from by author to front free endpaper, inner hinge cracked, frontispiece loose and defective, several leaves loose)
