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Sayd S€1'VaI\I1t, we praye youe in such things, as he shall declare unto youe
from us to give full creditt . . _.” r i

Old repairs to horizontal folds on verso have been removed, and discreet
professional restoration has been carried out under our direction. The letter,
with its calligraphic autograph subscription and signature, presents a very '
attractiveappearance. Letters of this nature of Elizabeth I, addressed to a
foreign dignitary rather than to one of her own subjects, are rarely offered
for sale.

From the Spiro Family Collection.

See front cover illustration.

62. ERNEST AUGUSTUS (1771-1851). Fifth Son of George III; Duke of
Cumberland and King ofHun0ver.

Autograph Letter Signed (”E”) to an unnamed correspondent, identified
in German on the verso of the integral leaf in a nineteenth century hand
as the Marchioness of Conyngham, the last favourite of George IV.

1 page 8vo with integral blank leaf, n.p., Wednesday, n.d. £110

”lr1_ow send you what I promised you, & am sure you will value it, knowing
wh0se__it was. I hope that the country air may have fortified your nerves
which appeared to us to be so much shattered by all you have of late gone
through.”

From the content it is possible that Ernest is sending Lady Conyngham some
memento of his late brother George IV. Unpopular in England because of
his violent temper and extremely reactionary views, Ernest was suspected
on very little evidence of a series of lurid crimes, including the murder of
his valet, incest with his sister, and plotting to assassinate his niece Victoria.
He became King of Hanover in 1837 when Victoria succeeded to the British
throne, as a version of the Salic law excluded women from reigning there.

63. FAURE, Gabriel (1845-1924). French Composer.

Autograph Letter Signed (”Gabriel Fauré”) to his fellow composer Alfred
Bruneau, warmly thanking him for his reports on the competitions,
no doubt at the Paris Conservatoire where Fauré was professor of
composition.

I page oblong 8vo in French on a correspondence card, with the autograph
address, stamp and postmark on the verso. Grand Hotel, Lugano, n.d.
[postmarked 15 July 1910]. £425
Trans: ”I feel terrible for not having thanked you for all that was cordial

and affectionate in your reports on the Competitions [concours]. I should “

have thanked you every day! But you do not doubt, do you, my very sincere

gratitude? I ha
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sent me. Wonde

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Poulenc, is
appreciated for
(1887).

64. FITZGER1
Rubaiyat.

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discussing his

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