Catalogue of the very select and interesting collection of autograph letters, formed with great taste and judgment by George Linnecar, esq., of Liverpool ... : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson ... at their Great Room, 191, Piccadilly, on Tuesday, March 19th, 1850, and following day, at one o'clock most punctually.

  • Puttick and Simpson
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1850
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Credit: Catalogue of the very select and interesting collection of autograph letters, formed with great taste and judgment by George Linnecar, esq., of Liverpool ... : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson ... at their Great Room, 191, Piccadilly, on Tuesday, March 19th, 1850, and following day, at one o'clock most punctually. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    136 Brewster (Sir David) philosopher, editor of the Edinburgh En- cyclopaedia [b. 1785] A.L.s., 1^ page 4to. to the Earl of Buchan, Feb. 12, 1805. With portrait Soliciting Lord Buchan’s interest in obtaining for him the vacant Mathe- matical Chair. Lord Buchan has written a long indorsement upon the letter, and says : 1 ‘ Mr. Brewster is certainly an extraordinary young man, and ought to have an establishment.” 137 Bruce (James) traveller b. 1730, d. 1794 A.L.s., 4 pages 4to. to his publisher, Edinb. Dec. 5, 1790. Very scarce; with illustration. Also Letter of his Son, with proposals for a second edition of his Fa- ther’s Travels About the publication of his Travels, the delay of the printers, who had commenced a scene of brutality, “ which they call festivity,” at Christmas time ; he encloses a sketch for the title page, &c. In- teresting. 138 Buchanan (Claudius) oriental traveller, and missionary. A.L.s., 2 pages 4to. Kirby Hall, April 7, 1813. Scarce Requesting an estimate of the expense of printing a Syriac New Testa- ment. ‘ ‘ As the work is for the use of the poor Christians in the East, the price must be very moderate.” 139 Buckland (William) Geologist. A.L.s., on a large folio sheet, Oxford, Jan. 12, 1822 ; on the other side are some waggish verses on his discovery of the Hysena’s Den at Kirdale, with lithographic sketch, apparently printed for private distribution 140 Burke (Edmund) statesman b. 1730, d. 1797 A.L.s., 4 pages 4to. to Mr. Garret, Beconsfield, Aug. 2, 17/6. Scarce ; a capital specimen A long and familiar letter. 141 Burns (Robert) poet b. 1759, d. 1796 A.L.s., 2 pages 4to. to Lord Buchan, and Poetry 2 pages 8vo. Aug. 29, 1791. Excessively rare. Interesting specimens, in fine condition, with 2 portraits “ Language sinks under the ardour of my feelings when I would thank your Lordship for the honor, the very great honor, you have done me in inviting me to the coronation of the bust of Thomson.” He is anxious to attend ; “ but a week or two absent in the very middle of my harvest, is what I much doubt I dare not venture on ... . Your Lordship hints at an Ode for the occasion ; but who would write after Collins ? I read over his verses to the memory of Thomson, and despaired. I attempted three or four stanzas in the way of address to the shade of the bard on crowning his bust. I trouble your Lordship with the enclosed copy of them,” &c. %* the VERSES REFERRED TO ACCOMPANY THE LETTER. 142 Burns. 1. Two Autograph Letters of Dr. James Currie, to Messrs. Cadell and Davies, about his Life of Burns, and Mrs. Lawrence’s Translation of Gessner 2. Biographical Sketch of Dr. James Currie, 2£ pages folio, in the Autograph of William Falconer, author of the Shipwreck