COLBURN, Henry. 20486

£75

Description

Autograph Letter Signed ‘Henry Colburn’ [probably to William Tooke], about his contributions to the Magazine, welcoming “the paper on Surnames”, asking him to recommend the Magazine to his friends, etc. 1 page 9 x 7 inches, mounted at the corners on a page from William Tooke’s album of correspondence. In good condition. Conduit Street, March 1814 [?]. Henry Colburn (1784 –1855), publisher. William Tooke (1777-1863), solicitor, Fellow of the Royal Society. President of the Society of Arts, was a founding member of the University of London.