Autograph Letter Signed ('Robt. Bell Wheler.') to Nichols.
Author:
Robert Bell Wheler (1785-1857), antiquary [John Gough Nichols (1806-1873), antiquary and printer; Camden Society]
Publication details:
14 August 1850; Stratford upon Avon.
£45.00
SKU: 7985
12mo, 1 page. Bifolium with address ('John Gough Nichols Esqre. | 25 Parliament Street | London') on reverse of second leaf. Grey paper. Fourteen lines. Text clear and complete. Good: lightly aged and with one corner slightly creased. Begins 'I have much pleasure in again committing to your care Torkingtons M.S. Pilgrimage with my Transcript, & shall be gratified by seeing it embodied in a Vol: of the Camden Society Publications. How soon will the Volume be issued?' In a postscript enquires after a copy of Sir George Chetwynd's 'Catalogue of Provincial Coins'. The Torkington volume was published by the Camden Society in 1851, and reviewed in the Gentleman's Magazine, January 1852, pp. 43-47.