correspondent for the Daily Telegraph (1837-1900). 2 autograph letters signed. Vienna. Altogether 3 pp. 8vo.
$ 213 / 200 €
(942750/BN942750)
The first letter (Vienna, 17 Jan. 1869) in French, addressed to a Mr. Kaiser, concerning an article he wrote about him and an upcoming ball for which he should like to have a ticket. - In the second, undated letter, addressed to the same, he asks (in English): "Will the white card you gave me admit my wife and myself to your ball on Sunday evening? If not, will you kindly let your doorkeepers have orders to admit me on presenting my visit-card? I have made up my mind to go through the horrors of dressing myself & my wife up in unaccustomed gear in order to witness the fun at your Ball, & to do you justice in the English Press […]".