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Undated. In French. 1 page 5 x 4 inches, embossed initials. Edmond François Valentin About (1828 –1885), French novelist, publicist and journalist.

Goteborg, 21 August 1884. 4 pp. 7 x 4 inches, in good condition. “I seem to have caught fresh vigor, and aspirations.” Sir Henry Wentworth Dyke Acland (1815 – 1900), physician, Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford, friend of John Ruskin.

14 June, no year given. 1 page 7 x 4 inches, with the integral blank leaf neatly hinged. Sir Robert Adair (1763 –1855), distinguished British diplomat. He published memoirs of his diplomatic missions.

Postmarked Orgon, 1 August 1894. In French. 3½ x 5½ inches, some light spotting only. With a separate cabinet portrait photograph of Juliette Adam, by Benque, Paris. Juliette Adam (1836-1936), also known by her maiden name Juliette Lambert, French author and feminist.

Woburn Abbey, 27 September 1809. A good one page example 8½ x 6½ inches, in good condition. William Adam (1751-1839), politician and lord chief commissioner of the Scottish jury court, fought a duel with Charles Fox in 1779. He became a close friend of Sir Walter Scott.

Lower Mersey Vein, Bootle Bay, Liverpool, 15 February 1840. 3 pp. 7 x 4½ inches, leaves separated, neatly trimmed. Henry Adock, civil engineer, compiler of Adcock's Engineers' pocket-book, which appeared each year, took out patents for improvements in docks and quays.

Undated. 4 x 8 inches, in good condition. Adelaide, later Queen Dowager (1792-1849), married the Duke of Clarence, later King William IV, in 1818.

Cambridge House, 9 November 1813. 1 page 9 x 7 inches, in good condition. Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850), tenth child of King George III and Queen Charlotte. In 1816 the Duke of Cambridge, on behalf of King William IV, was appointed to the viceroyalty of Hanover, which at the treaty of Vienna (1814) had been elevated from an electorate to a kingdom. His discreet administration helped to preserve the Hanoverian crown for his family. On the death of King William IV, the throne of Hanover passed to the Duke of Cumberland. “The great success of the Armies of the Allies has so altered the Situation of Germany that it is very probable I may soon be ordered to leave this Country ...”

Undated. 2¾ x 4¾ inches, laid down on part of an album page, traces of mounting on verso, other minor blemishes. Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850), tenth child of King George III and Queen Charlotte. In 1816 the Duke of Cambridge, on behalf of King William IV, was appointed to the viceroyalty of Hanover, which at the treaty of Vienna (1814) had been elevated from an electorate to a kingdom. His discreet administration helped to preserve the Hanoverian crown for his family.

Hanover, 25 September 1829. 2 pp. 8 x 7 inches, in fine condition. Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850), tenth child of King George III and Queen Charlotte. In 1816 the Duke of Cambridge, on behalf of King William IV, was appointed to the viceroyalty of Hanover, which at the treaty of Vienna (1814) had been elevated from an electorate to a kingdom. His correspondent is General George Duncan Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon (1770 – 1836), styled Marquess of Huntly until 1827.

London, 7 November 1811. 3 x 4¾ inches, laid down. Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850), tenth child of King George III and Queen Charlotte.

7 York Steet, Charlotte Street [London], undated, c.1850. 7 x 7 inches, in worn condition, laid down. A remarkable surviving manuscript record of Victorian low life. Joseph Ady (1770–1852) was a notorious English impostor. His career is recorded by De Quincey in an essay on Secret Societies. Ady was at one time a hatter in London, but failing in that business he hit upon the device of raising funds by means of circular letters. He would look up the lists of unclaimed inheritances, dividends, and bequests, and then write, without stamping his letters, to any people of those names that he could find, offering to produce ‘something to their advantage’ on payment of 20/-. In numerous instances he evaded the law and baffled the magistrates and post-office authorities.

Kissingen, 16 July 1864. 3 pp. 8 x 5 inches, fine. A good letter by Luigi Agnesi (1833 –1875), Belgian operatic bass-baritone, conductor and composer. He made his professional opera debut in 1864 as Assur in Gioachino Rossini's Semiramide at the Théâtre-Italien in Paris. In 1865 he made his London debut at Her Majesty's Theatre, and thereafter his career was mainly centered in that city. He was highly active at the Royal Opera House and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane up until his death in 1875 at the age of 41. He was particularly admired in England as King Henry VIII in Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena and Alfonso in Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia.

Wimbledon Common, 2 December, no year given. 2 pp. 3 x 5 inches, in good condition, with the integral blank leaf (clean tear at centre fold). Lucy Aikin (1781-1864), author and biographer of Mrs.Barbauld. Her Life of Addison was published in 1843.

2 Upper Terrace, Hampstead, 6 May 1888. 1 page 7 x 4½ inches, in good condition. “How I wish I dare - but I daren’t.” Alfred Ainger (1837-1904), biographer and critic. He wrote memoirs of Thomas Hood and George Crabbe, but is best known for his biography of Charles Lamb and his edition of Lamb's works in 6 volumes (1883-88).

Thames Villa, Tuesday, undated. A good one page example, 7 x 4½ inches. William Francis Ainsworth (1807-96), geologist, surgeon and Eastern traveller, was an original Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and published various works, including Observations on the Pestilential Cholera (1832), Travels in Asia Minor (1842) and The River Karun, an Opening to British Commerce (1890).

Kensal Lodge, Harrow Road, 15 February 1841. 1 page 7 x 4½ inches, in good condition, lower edge slightly ragged, with a complete autograph wrapper bearing a 4 margin Penny Black (black Maltese Cross), one tear just touching the stamp margin, with Ainsworth’s seal in red wax. Harrison Ainsworth (1805-82), novelist.

Casa, 19 February 1846. In Italian. 1¼ pages 10 x 8 inches, in good condition, a few minor blemishes, with the address leaf. Cesare Airoldi (1774-1858), Italian politician and naturalist, describes the blue and green tint of what is now known as Labradorite, a mineral which can have an iridescent effect.

11 Grosvenor Square, 16 December 1851. 1 page 7 x 4 inches, trace of mounting. George Thomas Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle (1799-1891), joined the 3rd Battalion 14th Foot just six weeks before seeing action at the Battle of Waterloo. He wrote a number of travel books: Personal Narrative of a Journey from India to England, by Bussorah, Bagdad, The Ruins of Babylon, Curdistan, The Court of Persia, The Western Shore of the Caspian Sea, Astrakhan, Nishney, Novogorod, Moscow, and St. Petersburgh in the Year 1824. 2 vols, 1827); Personal Narrative of Travels in Babylonia, Assyria, Media and Scythia (1827); Narrative of a Journey across the Balcan (1831).

Boscastle, 24 September 1875. 3 pp. 7 x 4 inches, fine. Sir Rutherford Alcock (1809-97), diplomat in China and Japan, author of The Capital of the Tycoon [1863] and other works on Japan. In 1858 he was appointed the first consul-general in Japan, on the conclusion of Lord Elgin’s treaty. Jabez Hogg (1817–1899), ophthalmic surgeon.