[Osmond De Beauvoir Priaulx, author, Guernsey benefactor.] Autograph Letter Signed Osr de B Priaulx to Dr Bush[?]

Author: 
Osmond De Beauvoir Priaulx, author, Guernsey benefactor.
Publication details: 
[Headed] 8 Cavendish Square, 24 May 1888.
£80.00
SKU: 26954

One page, 12mo, good condition. He commiserates with his correspondent who has complained of a liver issue, ascribed by Priaulx to the atmosphere of the India Office. References to Indian languages, concluding with obscurity (to me), Thank you for thinking of my Mahabharata. I have up to 36 inclusive [subscription and signature]. See Image. Notes: A. Author of Indian travels of Apollonius of Tyana, and the Indian embassies to Rome from the reign of Augustus to the death of Justinian; B. The Priaulx Library, located in St Peter Port, Guernsey, contains the island's principal collection of local and family history. [...]; B. Link to Piece about Priaulx in Guernsey website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/guernsey/content/articles/2009/03/02/osmond_de_bea.... includes the following: He counted amongst his friends, people like Erasmus Darwin, Charles Darwin's brother. The famous novelist William Makepeace Thackeray was a great friend of his along with many others in the literary and publishing world. SEE IMAGE.