Autograph Letter Signed ('Wm Longman') to 'Cooke' [presumably a member of thhe London family of engravers].
Author:
William Longman (1813-1877), English publisher [Longmans]
Publication details:
5 July 1869; on letterhead 39, Paternoster Row, London, E.C.
£36.00
SKU: 5952
12mo: 3 pp. Very good. He hopes Cooke's son has 'conveyed to you our hope that you would be able to accompany him to Ashlyns [Longman's country house, Ashlyns Hall, Berkhampsted] next week'. 'The weather is now getting all right & I hope it will be quite summer weather when your son - & you? - come.' Doesn't suppose Cooke has 'had time to look out any drawings to experiment on'.