Collection of letters by eminent 19th century scientists, writers, artists, wits, diplomats and explorers, including Stratford Canning (writing from Constantinople in 1829 about negotiations between the allies and the Porte over Greece), Sir Samuel Baker (to Lady Dufferin), Charles Lyell, T.H. Huxley, Joseph Hooker, James D. Dana, William B. Carpenter, Dionysus Lardner, Roderick Murchison, Francis Galton the Rev Sydney Smith, Lord Leighton, E. Bulwer Lytton, Mary Howitt, A.M. Hall, C.M. Yonge, A.W. Kinglake, Elizabeth Strickland (on autographs), Edwin Landseer and Gustav Doré; together with a signed photograph of Vera Brittain, some wear, traces of mounting etc.
Collection of letters by eminent 19th century scientists, writers, artists, wits, diplomats and explorers, including Stratford Canning (writing from Constantinople in 1829 about negotiations between the allies and the Porte over Greece), Sir Samuel Baker (to Lady Dufferin), Charles Lyell, T.H. Huxley, Joseph Hooker, James D. Dana, William B. Carpenter, Dionysus Lardner, Roderick Murchison, Francis Galton the Rev Sydney Smith, Lord Leighton, E. Bulwer Lytton, Mary Howitt, A.M. Hall, C.M. Yonge, A.W. Kinglake, Elizabeth Strickland (on autographs), Edwin Landseer and Gustav Doré; together with a signed photograph of Vera Brittain, some wear, traces of mounting etc.
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