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Items relating to Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin
£1,260
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
Fellowes, Robert. Short autograph note 'I hope to hear what you have done with Lord Elgin's trunk and what is likely to be the issue of the contest respecting the Twedell papers. Believe me Dear Mawman, most truly yours', Longton, near North Allerton, n.d., and slip signed by Robert Fellowes allowing the bearer, Mr Merivale, admission to the London Institution;
Francis, Sir Philip. A Letter Missive... to Lord Holland. London, 1816, 8vo, sewn as issued;
Hunt, Philip. A Narrative of what is known respecting the Literary Remains of the late John Twedell. London, 1816. 8vo, sewn as issued;
Erskine, Thomas, Lord. A Letter to the Earl of Liverpool on the Subject of the Greeks. London, 1822, 8vo, disbound;
Description of the View of Athens and surrounding Country, now exhibiting in Henry Aston Barker and John Burford's Panorama, Strand. London, 1818. 8vo, folding engraving of the panorama, small tear without loss, disbound;
Maitland, Sir Thomas. Substance of Sir Tho. Maitland's address to the Legislative Assembly of the Ionian Islands. London, 1822, disbound;
'Grecian Traveller' Letter from a Grecian Traveller, respecting the intended cession of Parga, by England, to the Ottoman Porte. London, 1819. 8vo, sewn as issued, title slightly dust-soiled;
Pradt, Dominique Dufour de. De la Grèce dans ses rapports avec l'Europe. Brussels, 1822. 8vo, wrappers;
[Tracts], a volume containing Earl of Elgin. Letter to the Editor of the Edinburgh Review, on the subject of an article in no L. of that Journal on The Remains of John Tweddell. 1816. Second edition; Description of the Drawings from the Cartoons and Elgin Marbles by Mr Haydon's Pupils. London, 1819, contemporary half calf, rubbed, one cover detached;
Loose sheets, pp. 513-547, headed Lord Elgin's Collection of Sculptured Marbles, extracted from a larger work
Footnote
Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.