FLOWER
(Stanley Smyth, b.1871, F.L.S., F.Z.S., Director of Ghizeh Zoological Gardens, near Cairo 1898-1924)
Autograph Letter Signed to Prof. Jervis-Smith, 1848-1911, F.R.S.,
saying that "if Mr Armstrong cares to give us the Warriner, we will of course be pleased to receive it", but not to trouble specially, as "in these Gardens in fact they occur wild", heading in Arabic and English, 2 sides 8vo., Ghizeh, Egypt, 4th April
Item Date:
1902
Stock No:
19750
£45
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FOX
(Sir Charles, 1810-1874, Engineer, Worked with Sir Joseph Paxton and Sir William Cubitt on the Crystal Palace in 1851)
Autograph Letter Signed to John Warren and John Deere as Honorary Secretaries
enclosing "a note from my friend Mr Haden who you will find very zealous in the good cause ...", I side 8vo., 8 New Street, 3rd April
Item Date:
1852
Stock No:
39486
£125
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GATTINGER
(Augustin, M.D., 1825-1903, Author of 'The Flora of Tennessee', 1901)
Autograph Letter Signed to Robert Morton MIDDLETON , jr., F.L.S., F.Z.S.,
(1846-1909, English shipbroker and botanist), assuring him that "it would be the fulfillment of a long cherished wish to make again a ramble on the tops and slopes of your mountains, and in the swamps at their feet", and much as he would like "to make the acquaintance of your esteemed lady and family ... I ... am pledged to some professional obligations. Please think about the Ilex", I. ambigua Chapmanii, which Gattinger hoped Middleton would collect for him, 2 sides 8vo., Nashville, Tennessee, 7th June
Item Date:
1889
Stock No:
13914
£75
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GATTINGER
(Augustin, M.D., 1825-1903, Author of 'The Flora of Tennessee', 1901)
Autograph Letter Signed to Robert Morton MIDDLETON , jr., F.L.S., F.Z.S.,
(1846-1909, English shipbroker and botanist), saying he is "always happy to hear from you ... Your Scutellaria is surely serrata stands very close bicolor but can't quite come it", with a list of plants to look out for, "I hope you will enrich the flora of Tennessee by a lot good finds this season", 1 side 8vo., Nashville, Tennessee, 30th May
Item Date:
1892
Stock No:
13916
£75
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GIFFEN
(Sir Robert, 1837-1910, F.R.S., Controller-General of Commercial & Statistical Departments, Board of Trade)
Autograph Note Signed to (Sir) George Shee, 1869-1939,
writer on conscription, pointing out that "there were no figures of imports a hundred years ago comparable with those of the present time ... In a book like Mr Shee's a slip like this would not matter" but in case there were others, Giffen would have to "revise the whole book" if he were to write a preface, 2 sides 8vo., 40 Brunswick Road, Hove, no date, c.
Item Date:
1900
Stock No:
19260
£15
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