Sophie Cat 56 - Sophie Dupre

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41 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS,MANUSCRIPTS &SIGNED PHOTOS ALMESBURY (James Edward Harris, 1778- 1841, 2nd Earl, Deputy Secretary for War) ALS ‘Malmesbury’ to Laurence Sulivan, (1783- 1866), saying that Mr. Cooke’s brother “would do very well. His family is a most respectable one ... As to Learning he must be more than Equal to conducting the Education of Boys so young as my nephews ... G. Bowles arrived last night - Will Palmerston Draw you down to Broadlands? - From what He said to me I expect soon to hear of his being there. I wish Count Michel was at Odessa again. This, I conclude, he soon will be, as Varna has fallen”, 3 sides 8vo., Heron Court, Christchurch, Hampshire, 31st October 1828 [SD15101]£45 The 2nd Earl was a close friend of Palmerston, who was the 1st Earl’s ward. Sulivan was Palmerston’s closest friend at Cambridge. He was Private Secretary to Palmerston at the War Office from 1809, and married his sister Elizabeth (‘Lilly’). General Sir George Bowles, 1787-1876, was the second son of William Bowles, of Heale House, Wiltshire. Admiral of the Fleet William Bowles married Palmerston’s sister Fanny, in 1820. 306. [MARGARET (Rose, 1930-2002, Princess, Sister of Queen Elizabeth II, Countess of Snowdon)] TLS from the Hon. Iris Peake (the Hon. Mrs Oliver Dawnay, b.1923), her Lady-in-Waiting, to Domini, Lady Crosfield (née Elliadi, d. 1963), about “the Lawn Tennis Exhibition Games in aid of your North Islington Infant Welfare Centre” at Lady Crosfield’s home in Highgate, unfortuately the Princess will be away on both days, Queen Mother’s arms at head including Bowes-Lyon, 1 side 4to., Clarence House, 31st January 1959 [SD19464]£45 307. MARIA FEODOROVNA (Empress, 1759-1828, wife of Paul I, mother of Tsars Alexander I and Nicholas I) Autograph letter signed, in French with translation, in her tiny hand, to ‘Your Majesty my Sister and Cousin’, saying “the remembrance of Your Majesty ... is still more precious” at a time when “all Your thoughts cannot but be focused on what is happening all around You ... May the happiest events mark this year for You, Madame; at last divine goodness is making us hope for an end to the unhappiness which overwhelms such a great part of the world ... Please remember me, Madame, to your amiable family ... and believe me for life ... Your Majesty’s most devoted Sister and Cousin”, 1 side 8vo and conjugate blank, St. Petersburg, 2nd February 1807 [SD50251]£450 The Empress, born Princess Sophie Dorothea, was the eldest daughter of Friedrich Eugen, (1732-1797), Duke of Württemberg. After Trafalgar Napoleon had overrun most of Europe, and indeed her son Alexander I was soon to agree terms with him at Tilsit. 308. MARIA GEORGIEVNA (1876-1940, daughter of George I of the Hellenes, and wife of Georgi Mikhailovich, grandson of Emperor Nicholas I and Lieutenant -General) Photograph Signed, by Boissonnas & Eggler, successors to A. Pasetti of St. Petersburg, showing her head and shoulders, wearing a coronet, a magnificent embroidered gown, afur cape, and a necklace with graded pendants, 5½” x4”inoriginal mount 8¾” x 6½”, inscribed Tatoi, 1903 [SD50253]£225 Maria’s husband was assassinated in 1919. In 1922 she married Vice-Admiral Perikles Ioannides of the Greek Navy. 309. MARIA PAVLOVNA (1854-1920, née Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, wife of Grand Duke Vladimir, 1847-1909, uncle of Nicholas II) ALS, in French with translation, to “my dear Prince”, saying how sorry she was “not to see you in Berlin when we passed through. You should have asked Augustine who was up”, but is glad to know “you are far from Odessa and its dangers and have gone to your poor wife ... Truly Russia is not a good place to live in at this moment” with its “succession of killings”, it is just as cold “as in the good old days ... The Grand Duke cannot go out ... I go round in a covered sledge for charity work, and that is our life. In the evenings we play bridge furiously ... It’s a good way to make one forget what one cannot change. - We were deeply anxious about my daughter after her confinement but all is well now. Boris is in Cairo and the Kirills are in Coburg expecting a happy family event ... God grant that 1907 be happier for all”, gilt crowned monogram, 4 sides 8vo., Tsarskoe Selo (in Russian characters), 4th/17th January 1907 [SD50014]£475 Their only daughter Elena gave birth in Athens on 6th December 1906 to Marina, later Duchess of Kent. Son Boris was a Major- General, and Kirill later head of the Imperial House. His wife Victoria Melita was the daughter of Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, and was expecting Maria, later Princess of Leiningen. 310. MARIE (Princess of Saxe-Altenburg, 1818-1907, Queen of George V, 1819-1878, Last King of Hanover) Letter in German signed ‘Marie K[önigin]’ to Herr von Loesecke, at Hettensen by Göttingen, in the former kingdom of Hanover, in German, saying “To you and the untiring energy of the devoted Companions of Song my deep-felt thanks for such delightful wishes for my happiness; friendly greetings to you all”, 1 side 8vo., Gmunden, Upper Austria, 13 April 1873, lightly mended at ends of creases [SD9969]£125 The blind king George V, who had supported Austria in the war of 1866, settled in Gmunden with his family after Prussia absorbed his kingdom. 311. MARIE FEODOROVNA (Russian Empress, 1847- 1928, wife of Tsar Alexander III, mother of Nicholas II ) with her sister ALEXANDRA (of Denmark, 1844-1925, Queen of Edward VII), and her niece Princess VICTORIA (1868-1935) Superb photo of the two sisters with the young Princess signed byall three and dated by Queen Alexandra, showing them three quarters length, standing together, the Queen stands in the centre with her sister on her left and her daughter on her right, they are all similarly dressed in beaded dresses each with a flowery corsage and long strings of pearls, 7½” x 5½” in decorated mount 11” x 9”, n.p., 1908 [SD25999]£2,750 312. MASSENET (Jules, 1842-1912, French Composer) Fine portrait photo by H. Manny, signed and inscribed to “Madam Dexter Fearjon trés respectueux hommage”, showing him half length, looking to one side, 9” x 6”, in mount 13” x 10”, n.p., n.d., dated on the verso 1889, slightly damaged on the signature [SD11991]£375

Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupré, XV The Green, Calne, Wilts, SN1 8DQ, Tel: (01249) 821121 42 313. MARIE HENRIETTE (1836-1902, from 1853 Wife of Leopold II of the Belgians, Youngest daughter of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary (1776-1847) ) Manuscript Letter in French with translation, signed, to Luigi Galimberti, (1836-1896, Cardinal from 1893), thanking him for “the attention which Your Eminence has shown Me in informing Me of your elevation to the rank of Cardinal” and offering her “sincere good wishes for the high dignity with which the Holy Father has deigned to invest You ... I pray, My Cousin, that God may keep you in His holy and worthy care”, 1 side 4to., with conjugate blank, Brussels,10th February 1893, small light mark at top right corner of recto without loss [SD14439]£145 Leo XIII had made Galimberti his nuncio to the Austro-Hungarian Empire on 23rd May 1887. He was created Cardinal on 16th January 1893, and received his Red Hat on 15th June. 314. MARLBOROUGH (Sarah, 1660-1744, née Jennings, favourite of Queen Anne, wife of John, 1st Duke) Signature on the verso of a part printed treasury order concerning duties on “Malt, Mum Cyder and Perry...”, ordering payment of “Sarah Dutchess Dowager of Marlborough, the Right Honourable Francis Earl of Godolphin and the Right Honourable William Lond Dundon ...”, all three of whom have signed on the back, 8” x 4.5”, n.p., 1736, the bottom part of the document is browned and frayed [SD26442]£225 315. MAURICE (Revd. Frederick Denison, 1805-1872, Leader of the Christian Socialists) ALS to Mrs Gillum, thanking her and Col. Gillum for inviting him and his wife to “your new house”, venturing to enquire “whether it will be convenient ... for a few days ... this day week ... I am to preach on Sunday at Whitehall & the day after we intend to start for the Isle of Wight ... tell us exactly how you are situated”, 3 sides 8vo., n.p., 20th July [1871] [SD15132]£35 Maurice was Professor of Moral Philosophy at Cambridge, 1866- 1872, and Cambridge Preacher at Whitehall, July 1871. As a Professor at King’s London, he had founded in 1848 the Queen’s College, the first English college for the higher education of women. Most of the professors were friends from King’s. “It was founded on the loftiest principles, with no marks, no prizes, and no examinations, only sheer education. Among its early students were Miss Octavia Hill, Miss Buss and Miss Beale” (S.C. Carpenter). 316. MAZZINI (Giuseppe, 1805-1872, Italian patriot, with Cavour & Garibaldi achieved the unification of Italy) Important UNPUBLISHED Autograph Letter in Italian with text and translation of the whole, in Mazzini’s tiny hand, to Filippo DE BONI , (1816-1870, fellow conspirator), [in Lausanne], headed by De Boni in Italian ‘replied the 14th’, the first 4 sides out of 5, the fifth being in the Nathan collection, one and one-third sides contain the earliest account of Mazzini’s proposals for a new journal L’Iniziativa, and form the missing link between letters no. 2306 and 2307 (see the National Edition Vol. 33, Imola, 1921), now proved to be parts of the same letter, annotated in another hand in Italian ‘From Mazzini to De Boni, Arch[ivio] T[riennale] Vol. 1 44331 [?, for 442-3]’, 4 sides 8vo., with an attractive carte-de-visite photograph of Mazzini ca. 1865 by Elliott and Fry, London, n.p. [at S. Hamilton Esq., 19 Cropley Street, New North Road, London], n.d. [3rd January 1848] [SD9535]£950 Along, passionate letter written on the eve of the great upheavals of 1848. Mazzini chafes at the lack of action, the Pope’s retreat from Liberalism, Cavour’s new paper ‘Il Risorgimento’ and its attempt at conciliation, and the ‘Arcadian’ tone of another new paper. “I saw your name among the collaborators of the ‘Concordia’ ... Valerio is in grave danger of falling into these sentimental politics ... among the neo-Catholics, who forgive everything, hope for everything from everybody, embrace king, people, federalists, unionists, and expect the resurrection of Italy to take place in Arcadia. The very title is Arcadian. ‘Concordia’ ? Between whom ?” In the next, unpublished passage ,Mazzini proposes a radical new journal, to the left of Cavour’s and Valerio’s: “I hate to think of us back in the middle of 1793. If we cannot find men of action in Italy, I would prefer you to make for Tuscany incharge of a journal that would be really ours, some kind of monthly or fortnightly Review, which I would like to call ’L’Iniziativa’ ,whose mission would be to create an apostolate ”, Mazzini’s favourite word for his own life’s work, “of true Italian principles among intelligent young men ... I would collaborate as much as I could, and further I would have the help of Giannone and several others with him. We cannot undertake a journal that is popular, active and polemical in Italy; our distance makes it impossible. But it is very necessary to train the nucleus of a National party that can ‘think’ ,andup to now I do not see any such nucleus”, Mazzini would provide in each issue “one good part devoted to theory for the future”, De Boni the practical and editorial, “you could be the one to make it work ... A third part ... could be of special interest by collecting opinions on our affairs from abroad; ... this would be my task ... Florence would be the place ... Some money could be found ... I could probably provide as your hard working collaborator Lizabe Ruffoni, the editor of ‘Il Conciliatore’ in Paris, who is now thinking of moving to Tuscany ... who has made a profound study of history and of our principles”, offering to find subscribers, “Think a little and let me know ... You are close to a printer’s” and could work out “the cost of a fortnightly review ... I would extend the Programme ... leaving the way open to whatever touches the honour and future existence of the Nation”, and hoping they can meet in any event, “I suppose the half-way place could be Brussels or Paris”. (For the conclusion see the published Letter 2307, and the text and translation accompanying the present item). The parts of the letter were no doubt separated when the first two and two-thirds sides, of the four present here, were printed at Capolago in Switzerland in 1850. They form pp. 442- 443 of ‘Archivio Triennale’, Vol. I, an account of Italian affairs from Pius IX’s accession in 1846 to the recapture by Austria of Venice in 1849. The present original reveals a few minor changes of wording. Ernesto Nathan, 1845-1921, owned the remaining page. His parents had befriended Italian exiles in England, and he first met Mazzini about 1859 in Switzerland. Besides being Mayor of Rome, 1907-1913, he promoted the National Edition of Mazzini’s works, and later gave his collection to the state. Lizabe Ruffoni and Pietro Giannone founded ‘Il Conciliatore’ in Paris in 1847. It lasted a few numbers and in the spring of 1848 they returned to Italy where they joined Mazzini; plans for ‘L’Iniziativa’ were overtaken by the need for action. ‘Young Italy’ was replaced by Mazzini’s ‘Associazione Nazionale Italiana’, with Ruffoni and Giannone as Secretary and Vice- President. 317. MEAD (Richard, 1673-1754, M.D., Vice-President of the Royal Society, Connoisseur and Bibliophile) Signature on a part Treasury Order of 4th April 1741, assigning his interest in it to John Gore and James Mead, with signatures of witnesses and registrar, 2 sides 4¼” x 9”, 7th January (1741 O.S.), 1742 [SD20143]£30

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