Lot 299

Serbia and Montenegro.

Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 July 2006 at 12:00 BST
£251
Description
Fourteen letters to the Rev. William Denton regarding the Balkans, including 2 autograph letters signed from Prince Nicholas of Montenegro, 1876 and undated, from the Royal Academy of Serbia, from the Servian Minister in London, Mr Gronitch, 1888, from the Archimandrit N. Sautohitch, 1876, Princess Jasuika Danilova of Montenegro, 1865, some expressing appreciation of Denton's interest in Serbia, one letter from the philologist Max Muller discussing a Servian Grammar, one from Sir T.D. Acland referring to a conversation with Denton 'which first opened my eyes to the horror of Turkish rule', 1876 (16)
