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Credit: Sales catalogue 579: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![1344 ARAGO (DOMINIQUE FRANCOIS, 1786-1853). French Physicist and Astronomer. Member of the Provisional Government in 1848. vw eee Neer vier IV ANT)” HIS P POLITICAL FRIENDS, some of whom were in the Government with him: Joly, Ledru-Rollin, Etienne Arago, Louis Blanc, Duprat and others. 4 pp., 4to. £5 5s A highly interesting printed circular letter to their fellow-citizens from the editors of the paper ‘‘ La Réforme.’’ The signatures are all autograph, the signatories pointing out their aims and policy and asking their correspondents to collaborate with them. The Grand Reform banquet at Paris had just been prohibited and in consequence Revolu- tionary tumult had broken out, barricades thrown up, the Tuileries ransacked, the prisons opened and frightful disorders committed. Louis Philippe had abdicated and the Royal Family and ministers escaped. A Republic was proclaimed from the steps of the Hotel de Ville. In consequence of these disorders this circular letter was sent out. 1345 ARNOLD (SIR EDWIN, 1832-1904). Poet and Journalist. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO JOHN BLACKWOOD. I page, 8vo. Sussex, 16th October, 1860. 12s 6d ‘‘Unless you propose to employ for your next issue my MS. ‘ The Dirge of Adonis’ from Bion,—(in which case it is at) your service) will you do me the favour to return it. As a former contributor and one who has experienced the courtesies of Maga I may ask to that extent an infringement of custom.’’ 1340 [BACON (SIR FRANCIS, 1561-1626).] Lord Chancellor. A WARRANT TO SEARCH FOR SUCH PERSONS AS THE BEARER HEREOF (NAMING NOE BODY) SHALL THINKE FITT ABOUT THE MANUFACTURE OF GOLD AND SILVER THREAD. Warrant issued in the name of Sir Francis Bacon, Chancellor; Earl of Suffolk; Thomas Lake; Sir Robert Naunton; and others, and signed by Sir Henry Elsynge, Clerk of the House of Commons. 5 pp., large folio. toth April, 1621. £52 10s This Warrant must have been prepared before Bacon’s downfall, but evidently not sent out at the time, as it is not certified by Sir Henry Elsynge till the year after Bacon’s downfall.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31814645_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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