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43 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS,MANUSCRIPTS &SIGNED PHOTOS 318. MAXIMILIAN II (1811-1864, from 1848 King of Bavaria) Fine letter inItalian with translation, signed, to Teodolfo Mertel, (1806-1899, Cardinal from 1858), thanking him for his good wishes “on the return of the Holy Feast of the Nativity”, wishing him in return “the most complete prosperity”, and asking him to be persuaded of his “perfect esteem”, 1 side folio and conjugate blank, Munich, 31st January 1864 [SD14433]£325 While still crown prince, Maximilian rebuilt Schloss Hohenschwangau in the mountains and made it a centre for artists and men of learning. Coming to the throne in the eventful year of 1848, he sought a middle way for Germany between the rivalry of Austria and Prussia, and granted Bavaria a constitution in 1859. He continued to invite scientists such as Liebig to Munich, regardless of their religious views, in spite of criticism from the ultramontane party. This letter was signed a few weeks before he died on 10th March. Cardinal Mertel, born at Allumiere, Civitavecchia, was vicechancellor (the highest legal post) of the Roman Church, from 1884. 319. MICHAEL (Grand Duke, 1878-1918, Tsar 28th-29th March 1917, Youngest Brother of Nicholas II, Tsar 1894- 1917) ALS ‘Misha’ to his brother Grand Duke GEORGE , 1871-1899, in Russian with translation, hoping that “we shall see each other very soon. I am very very glad you are recovered ... here in Gatchino everything is starting to turn green. On the 6th May I was given a marvellous kayak like Nikin’s, I went shooting twice and killed only 9 grouse”, he is “sending you a prehistoric axe I made myself, nobody helped me, I thought of it all on my own”, ruled in pencil, at the end is asketch ofasailing boat ,figures on the shore and cliff top are shouting “Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!”, 4 sides 8vo., red crowned monogram ‘M[ikhail] A[lexandrovich]’, Gatchino, n.d., c. 1890 [SD19426]£675 Michael enjoyed country life and his animals; he was a good shot, proud and obstinate. George had started in the Navy but went down with tuberculosis. He spent summers at Abas Tuman in the Caucasus, opposite the Crimea, and went to Algeria in the winter. Michael became heir to the throne after George died in 1899, till the Tsesarevich Alexei was born in 1904. Nicholas II abdicated for himself and his son on 28th March 1917, but Michael refused to ascend the throne without the will of the people and himself renounced the throne on 29th March. He was killed by the Bolsheviks at Perm about 28th July 1918. 320. MICHAEL MIKHAILOVITCH (Grand Duke, 1832-1909, Field Marshal, son of Tsar Nicholas I, brother of Tsar Alexander II) Fantastic original cabinet photo by Ch. Bergamasco in St Petersbourg, signed and dated, showing him head and shoulders, in original Imperial presentation frame , in an opulent design of pillars and arches, made out of an ivory style material, 10” x 7½”, 1893 [SD22215]£1,500 These magnificent presentation frames superceded the ivory ones used 50 years before, when Alexander III came to the throne and decided that presentation frames should not be as expensive as they had been before. These are very early examples. 321. METHUEN (Paul Sanford, 1845-1932, Field Marshal, Commander in Chief in South Africa, 3rd Baron) ALS to‘My dear Ralph’ telling him that he is “now signing the District Order to say you retire - goodbye, old chap, it hasbeen a long, and on the whole, a happy 19 years, that we have had and I dont know a dearer pal than you have been to me, or I would not write this note”, 1 side 8vo., Horse Guards, Whitehall, S.W., 20th June 1883 [SD15118]£45 322. MILITZA (MILICA) (1880-1946, née Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of Danilo II, Crown Prince and, for 6 days, King-in-Exile of Montenegro) ALS inEnglish to Mrs. Carminati, saying that “the Prince has just come back from Bordighera where he went to see Queen Margherita”, mother of Vittorio Emmanuele III, and San Remo “to inquire if there any parcels for us” without success, including “the box with music belonging to M. Gnechi”, she writes so that M. Gnechi “can make inquiries at the station”, they are looking forward to hearing Mlle. Amstedt sing at MonteCarloinJanuary, at the moment “not feeling well” from winter ailments she writes “in haste” with “best love”, crowned ‘M’ in heading, 3 sides 8vo., Cap Martin, 19th December 1920 [SD50255]£125 The Princess’ father-in-law, Nikola I, was deposed on 26th November 1918 and the following year the elected government chose to unite Montenegro with the new Yugoslavia. With his German wife, Danilo had felt uncomfortable about opposing Austria during the War, and shortly after Nikola I’s death in 1921 abdicated his rights to his nephew Michael. 323. MONTGOMERY (Viscount of Alamein, Bernard Law, 1887-1976, Field Marshal) Printed pamphlet, “Conferment of the Honorary Freedom of the Borough of Douglas upon Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery ...”, signed on the front, with a biography and photo of the Field Marshal and the Order of Ceremony, 5 pages 8vo., Douglas, 13th May 1948 [SD26578]£125 324. MOORE (Maj.-Gen. Sir J. Jeremy, b. 1928, MC, Commander of Land Forces in the Falklands, May-July 1982, Colonel Commandant RM) ALS toPeter Evans, talking about the war in the South Atlantic, “I am not a historian ... I suspect we are too close to the event”, but “there are principles for which it is right - indeed essential - that we stand up and, if necessary, fight ... The main memory ... is that it was, as always, squalid, bloody and awful, but that good men are capable of rising above this”, together with his photograph signed ,5½”x 4”, and a magazine copy of Robert Taylor’s print ‘South Atlantic Task Force’, 2 sides folio, Wiltshire, 9th December 1985 [SD50041]£75 325. MORLEY (John, 1838-1923, O.M., Journalist and Radical Politician, Secretary for India 1905-1910, from 1908 1st Viscount) ALS to‘My dear Sir’, saying “I am much obliged to you for consenting to take this extra trouble ... as Xmas hurries us ... No, I can’t tell you who printed the things you speak of. Ld. Houghton gave them to me as something curious”, 1 side 8vo., n.p., 14th December 1873, a little foxed at fold [SD19277]£30
Clive Farahar & <strong>Sophie</strong> Dupré, XV The Green, Calne, Wilts, SN1 8DQ, Tel: (01249) 821121 44 326. MOUNTBATTEN (Earl Louis, of Burma, 1900- 1979, Admiral of the Fleet, Victoria’s Great Grandson) & his wife EDWINA (Countess, 1901-1960, Chairman of the Red Cross) Superb presentation photo by Baron signed by both (“Dickie” & “Edwina”) in white and also by the photographer, showing them standing together wearing their State Robes and holding their coronets, 10” x 8” in original blue presentation frame with gilt monogram at the head, 12½” x 9½”, n.p., n.d., c. 1948 [SD23105]£1,250 While Viceroy of India 327. MULGRAVE (3rd Earl, 1st Duke of Buckingham, John Sheffield, 1648-1721, Patron of Dryden & Friend of Pope, Lord Chamberlain) Fine Warrant signed as Lord Chamberlain of the Household to James II addressed to Richard GRAHAM, Viscount Preston (1648-1695, Jacobite, Lord President of the Council) as “Master of the Greate Wardrobe” ordering him to deliver “unto James Graham Esq, A Bare hide and two travelling Trunks, as he is His Majst privy purse, And a Waggon Cloth to cover the Waggon that carries the Dogs, as he is Master of His Majst Buckhounds ...”, 1 side folio, n.p., 10th March 1688 [SD2333]£150 In March 1685 Colonel James GRAHAM (1649-1730) was made Master of the Buckhounds and Harthounds and at the same time he was admitted as Keeper of the Privy Purse. After the encouragement of <strong>Cat</strong>holicism hunting was probably James II’s main priority. 328. MUNTHE (Axel, 1857-1949, Swedish Born Author of ‘The Story of San Michele') APCS to Lady Berkeley, on the back of a picture postcard of Capri, telling her that “Nannina (?) is since 2 years with a 73 year old german lady to whom I have lent a little house here, she is a jewess and very helpless ... Sorry, I told you you would regret having sent her away. I am coming to Ville Svezno about Xmas time ...”, 1 side postcard, n.p., n.d. (Capri) [SD2337]£75 329. MUSSOLINI (Benito, 1883-1945, ‘Il Duce’, Italian Dictator & Prime Minister, Founder of the Fascist Party) Telegram in Italian with translation, to Marchese Camillo CUSANI VISCONTI at Chignolo Po, on the death of the latter’s father Admiral Lorenzo CUSANI VISCONTI , 1864-1925, deputy chief to the king at supreme command during the first world war, commander-in-chief, lower Adriatic, 1918-1919, saying that “The Royal Navy which saw him rise to the highest ranks ... turns its thoughts in the hour of sadness to the admiral who has left us and with martial pride salutes him”, complete telegram form, Rome, 19th July (received 20th) 1925 [SD9313]£75 330. MUSSOLINI (Benito, 1883-1945, ‘Il Duce’, Italian Dictator & Prime Minister, Founder of the Fascist Party) Fine photograph signed with the place and date, on the mount, showing him head and shoulders looking down, 8” x 5”, in mount 11.5” x 7.5”, in fine original leather frame Rome, 9th March 1932 - X [SD26428]£500 APIER (Sir Charles, 1786-1860, Admiral & M.P.) AL in the third person to Miss Hay, “he has great pleasure in complying with her request” for an autograph, 1 side 8vo., n.p., 24th May 1842, laid down on stiff paper [SD15141]£25 Sir Charles commanded the Portuguese Fleet for Queen Maria II in the civil war with Don Miguel, 1833, and was made a Portuguese peer for his victory off Cape St. Vincent. At Beirut (1840) he disobeyed orders to retire with the land forces under his command, fought and won, then signed a convention with Mohammed Ali without authority. The convention was repudiated but made the basis of subsequent negotiations, and Napier was knighted on his return. 332. NICHOLAS II (1868-1918, Last Emperor of Russia from 1894, assassinated after the revolution) Fine Document in Russian with translation, signed with autograph subscription ‘and in gratitude Nicholas’, to Alexei Nikolaevich KUROPATKIN, (1848-1925, Commander-in-Chief of the Army in the Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905, Governor of Turkestan 1916-1917), written on his fiftieth anniversary of joining the army, with an interesting citation of his Army career in Turkestan, the Turkish war, and Trans-Caspia, saying “Your brilliant fighting ascomrade-in-arms of our national hero Adjutant- General Skobelev, was recognized by ... the Order of St. George ... 4th and 3rd Class ... You putyour experience gained in the field to great use in your writings on ... tactical positions ... appointed Governor of the Province of Trans- Caspia and its Military Commander...”, Nicholas adds, “valuing both your fighting experience and your especial industry and persistence in the field of administration, I appointed you in 1898 ... Minister of War, to fulfil a number of reforms ... Your painstaking work” to put the armed forces in readiness was “suddenly interrupted by ... the war against Japan ... From the beginning of the present unparalleled war, impudently declared on Us by Germany, you remained eager for active service and ... willingly assumed command of the Corps of Grenadiers. Appreciating your ... selfless yearning to serve Me and the Motherland to the end, I, in February this year, appointed you Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Northern Front ...”, but now Nicholas calls on his special experience to make him Governor of Turkestan, (which was becoming a centre of unrest), marking his anniversary with “Our Imperial Order of St. Vladimir, Apostle and Prince, 1st Class, the insignia of which I send herewith, commanding you towear and diplay them according to statute”, 4 sides 4to. in a fine copperplate hand, Imperial Staff [St. Petersburg], 8 August 1916 [SD26033]£1,400 Kuropatkin was recognized in his thirties as one of Europe’s finest soldiers, but his reputation suffered badly at the Russian defeat at Mukden in 1905. The Russian forces, nearly 300,000 men, were extended over a 90-mile front and overtaken by the Japanese thrust before they could concentrate. This was largely due to Kuropatkin's subjection to Nicholas’ Viceroy in the Far East, Admiral Alexeev, and partly to friction among the generals. Kuropatkin wrote the classic history of the Turkish war of 1877- 1878, but the last of his four volumes on the Japanese war, in which he freely admits his mistakes, was banned in Russia and had to be published in Germany. In 1917 he retired to his former estate and taught in a secondary school and at an agricultural college he had founded.
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