Autograph letter signed to Bohte ("Compliments to Mrs Bohte")
Hebraist and Biblical scholar (1789-1850). One page, edges discoloured, chipped, text complete and clear. "I was mentioning to a friend here Ebert's Bibliographisches Lexicon, who wishes much to see it: Mrs Wait [prob. mother, he was unmarried re. DNB] will leave town on Sunday, when she will arrive on Saty ["for" excised] on her way to this place. Would you entrust me with a copy to shew him, & direct it to me on Saty morng. to the care of Mrs Wait, at Mrs Bowdens 33 Gt Coram St. Brunswick Square? & if he does not take the copy, I will bribng it back. Will you therefore mention the price?- What is the cheapest rate at which Wilkins' Edn of Richardson's Arabic & Persian Lexicon is sold?/ With Compts. to Mrs. Bohte, believe me, my dear Sir . . ."