Autograph note signed to F.M. Stone, on integral blank of Stone's letter to him.
Publisher Information: 1877.
Autograph note signed to Thomas Madden Stone (fl. 1838-82). 1 page, on the blank leaf of Stone’s letter to him. London, 17 December 1877 (both letter and note). 186 x 116 mm. A few minor spots but fine otherwise.
From Erasmus Wilson, one of the leading British dermatologists of the nineteenth century (see Garrison-Morton.com 9921), who founded the chair and museum of dermatology at the Royal College of Surgeons; he also paid for the vast medical library at the RCS’s Hunterian Museum. His correspondent, Thomas M. Stone, was the librarian at the RCS. Stone had sent Wilson “two Cat[alogues] of the Autograph Sales where you will find the remainder of the Hunters, which you told me to purchase for you. Let me know what to give per letter, or will you leave it to me!!!” Wilson replied: “By all means leave it to you; you cannot fail to please; I will end as I began ‘Buy all’.” In a punning postscript Wilson wondered “if your autographs and music will ever fetch money—Not a bad mint (not Badminton) if they did.”
Book Id: 46459Price: $750.00