BIB_ID
458707
Accession number
MA 14886.8
Creator
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.5 x 11.3 cm + envelope
Notes
One of a series of 14 letters from Edward Bulwer-Lytton to Robert Folkestone Williams (MA 14886).
Signed "EBL."
Envelope with two postmarks and seal addressed to "R. Folkestone Williams Esq / 76 Coleshill St / Eaton Sq / London."
Date inferred from first postmark.
Place of writing inferred from first postmark "Poole." See Poole postmarks dated from same week on MA 14886.7 and 14886.9.
Probably regarding Williams's novel The Luttrells: or, The Two Marriages (London: Henry Colburn, 1850). See also MA 14886.7 and MA 14886.9.
"Chapman" is probably either Edward or Frederic Chapman personally or their publishing firm Chapman and Hall.
Signed "EBL."
Envelope with two postmarks and seal addressed to "R. Folkestone Williams Esq / 76 Coleshill St / Eaton Sq / London."
Date inferred from first postmark.
Place of writing inferred from first postmark "Poole." See Poole postmarks dated from same week on MA 14886.7 and 14886.9.
Probably regarding Williams's novel The Luttrells: or, The Two Marriages (London: Henry Colburn, 1850). See also MA 14886.7 and MA 14886.9.
"Chapman" is probably either Edward or Frederic Chapman personally or their publishing firm Chapman and Hall.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: escutcheon surmounted by a crown (partial).
Provenance
Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Remarking on choice of a publisher; mentioning several English publishers by name, including "Chapman" and "Saunders & Otley."
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