author and editor (ca. 1800-1850). Autograph letter signed. [London], "Warren Street". 8vo. 1 page. Mounted to larger backing paper.
220 €
(92219/BN61250)
To the novelist Jean Middlemass (1833-1919), requesting her to read a (formerly enclosed) edition of "The Keepsake", which included a tale by Reynolds himself: "Will you allow me to have the pleasure of sending to you a Keepsake. Pray oblige me, too, by reading it. I have written a tale in it: will you guess it? Remember me, I beg very kindly, to Mrs. Middlemass [...]". - Reynolds appears as editor of Mary Shelley's novels and tales in "The Keepsake" in the late 1820s and 1830s. - With traces of old folds and collector's note to backing paper. Slight brownstaining.