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Letter from Hans Christian Andersen, Copenhagen, to Richard Bentley, 1851 October 3 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
447313
Accession number
MA 2876.13
Creator
Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, sender.
Display Date
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1851 October 3
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund with the special assistance of Douglas C. Ewing, 1974.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 21.1 x 13.6 cm (folded)
Notes
Addressed "Dear Friend!"
Provenance
Purchased in 1974.
Summary
Reporting recent travel; hoping "Pictures of Sweden" recalled him to his friends and other readers in England; thanking him for the copies of the book he sent; complimenting the treatment of the book in publication; reporting having seen one notice of the book; hoping to hear news of the book's success; reporting good sales for the Danish, German, and Swedish editions of the book; hoping to receive a letter from him.