BIB_ID
355405
Accession number
MA 701.48
Creator
Holmes, Richard R. (Richard Rivington), 1835-1911.
Display Date
1899 Mar. 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.6 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from Richard Holmes to Pearson & Company. Letters have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1910.
Summary
Saying he will keep the Henry VII book; noting that it "is imperfect -- wanting about two leaves at the end -- The indenture was never concluded as the amounts are not filled in;" saying that he is pleased with the Catherine of Braganza as he "had only one little volume bound for her which was not worthy of the collection;" returning the Mary of Modena as "I have better -- This stamp was cut for Charles I, James II does not as far as I know use any other.
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