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Autograph Signature ('Z. Topelius.') of the Finnish novelist Zachris Topelius, endorsing a cheque from his translator Ella R. Christie.

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Zachris Topelius [Zacharias Topelius] (1818-1898), Finnish novelist; Ella R. Christie [Isabella Robertson Christie] (1861-1949), Scottish traveller, translator and gardener
Publication details: 
Christie's cheque dated 28 November 1896; London & Westminster Bank, London. Topelius's signature dated 18 December 1896.
£165.00
Finnish novelist Zachris Topelius

Cheque, printed in blue. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Written out for ten pounds and signed 'Ella R. Christie'. With various stamps and perforations, not affecting Topelius's signature. Christie's translation from Topelius, 'Fairy Tales from Finland', was published by T. Fisher Unwin in 1896.

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Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male correspondent [Lewis Nockalls Cottingham?].

Author: 
John Broadley
Publication details: 
South Ella June 16. 1821'.
£46.00

English book collector (1784-1833), Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, whose library was auctioned by Robert Harding Evans in 1832 and 1833. One page, 4to. In good condition, with remains of stub adhering to one edge.

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