Letters of Eugène Sue to Camille Pleyel,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 17820B.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004555771
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1830x1831]-1888 /
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • French English French, English.
  • Physical Description
    • 28 ff. ; 210 x 135 mm. and less.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Fifteen holograph letters, [1830x1831]-1888, apparently brought together as a collection of autographs. They include nine in French from Eugène Sue, the novelist, to Camille Pleyel, the piano manufacturer, mostly personal correspondence, [1830x1851] (ff. 9-26), and one from Mélanie, wife of Metternich, the Austrian Chancellor, to an unnamed count, concerning her brother, 1854 (ff. 5-6).
There are also letters in English from Charles Bradlaugh, politician, to Emile Hatzfeld, music publisher, regarding political and religious matters, 1882 (ff. 1-2), Robert Browning to a Mrs Stanley, 1882 (f. 3), W. E. Gladstone to J. M. Davidson, 1888 (f. 4), the Marquess of Salisbury to Edouard Silas, composer, [c. 1860] (watermark 1858) (ff. 7-8), and Alfred Tennyson, to Silas, 1863 (ff. 27-28).

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by author at NLW.

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Acquisition Information

A. R. Llewellin-Taylour; Kensington, London; Donation; July 1961

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 17820B.

Archivist's Note

September 2008.

Description compiled by Cyprien Henry and Rhys Morgan Jones;

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Custodial History

Purchased at auction by Llewellin-Taylour (letters accompanied by papers containing lot numbers).

Additional Information

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