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[William Turton (1762 ? 1835) medical doctor and naturalist: CONCHOLOGY] |Manuscript Draft of book description Efor inclusion in new publications section of The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new [...], p.473 (1821)...

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[William Turton (1762 ? 1835) medical doctor and naturalist.]
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[1821]
£350.00

Paper, 18.5 x 12cms, corners chipped but text clear and complete. In Turton's hand [checked with Wellcome Library holdings of Turton's letters]. Variant from printed text in the Magazine. He omits a reference to Prince Leopold (under the patronage of His Royal Highness the Prince Leopold), colored becomes coloured and the printed version omits the final sentence (Such as wish to be in possession of selected copies will favor the author with their names, at his residence in Torquay Devonshire or at Mr Curtis's 12 Charles St. Cavendish Square.Notes: A.

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Autograph Manuscript of the American actor and poet John Howard Payne, either an original poem or a translation, entitled 'Ode the Sixteenth. | The Herb Rue'.

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John Howard Payne (1791-1852), American actor and playwright, best-known for his song 'Home, Sweet Home'
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Place and date not stated.
£165.00

2 pp, 4to. Text clear and complete. Fair, on lightly-aged paper, with slight wear to extremities. On one leaf, with both sides ruled with red borders. In Payne's neat and distinctive hand, and attributed to him in pencil at head.

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