Miscellany: French, 19th century

Material formerly held in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autograph Letters Sequence.

c.1805-1927

185 items

Purchased from: Charavay, Paris, December 1927 (acc.67371 and 67372), March 1928 (acc.67374 and 67375), October 1928 / April 1929 (acc.63700), November 1929 (acc.67384), October 1930 (acc.63920), April 1931 (acc.64715 and 64716), May 1932 (acc.65655), January 1934 (acc.67097), September 1934 (acc. 67126), November 1934 (acc. 67129), 1935 (acc.68515), at an unknown date before 1936 (acc.69220), January 1936 (acc.69286) and April 1936 (acc.69426); V. Degrange, Paris, October 1928 (acc.56987); Desgranges, Paris, February 1929 (acc.56146), August 1929 (acc.56144), July 1930 (acc.63453), October 1930 (acc.63923), February 1931 (acc.64689), September 1931 (acc.64714), November 1932 (acc.65667), April 1934 (acc.67107) and July 1935 (acc.69116); an unknown vendor, Paris, April 1930 (acc.67391); Duhem, Montpellier, August 1930 (acc.63928); Stevens, London, October 1930 (acc.56428) and March 1931 (acc.56477); Gonelli, Florence, April 1931 (acc.64817); R. Bonnet, Giroflay, September 1931 (acc.64543); Sotheby's, London, November 1933 (acc.67469); probably Desgranges or Charavay, Paris, circa October 1933 (acc.66365); either Desgranges, Paris, January 1936 or Glendining, London, circa 1932 (acc.69292); acquired as part of the Debacq Collection, 1919 (acc.42550); acquisition details not known, accessioned 1938 (acc.89255). Accession details of nos.23, 76, 104, 128-129, 138, 160-161, 163 and 181 not recorded.

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts