[Benjamin Jowett, Master of Balliol College, Oxford, and translator of Plato.] Two Autograph Letters Signed, one to ‘Bramston’ and the other to '[Shairp? Sherif?]'.

Author: 
Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893), Master of Balliol College, Oxford, translator of Plato and close friend of Florence Nightingale and contemporary of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ('Lewis Carroll')
Publication details: 
First letter, to Bramston, ‘Aug. 21 [no year, on paper watermarked 1864] / Tummil Bridge [i.e. Tummell Bridge, Pitlochry]’, on embossed letterhead of ‘COLL DE BALL / OXON’. Second letter, no date or page.
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SKU: 26267

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Both letters signed ‘B Jowett’. ONE: Autograph Letter Signed to ‘My dear Bramston’. 2pp, 12mo. On bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, but with discoloration (probably deliberate, since he is writing from Scotland) to letterhead. Strip of paper from mount adhering to blank reverse of second leaf. Folded for postage. Begins by asking for his thanks, and those of ‘Lord Kerry’ (his student, see Abbott’s ‘Life and Letters’), to be sent to ‘Captain Egerton for his kind and hospitable invitation’. He is sorry that they must ‘stick to our books during the few days which remain, as we are a real reading party’. He hopes to see him on the Sunday, when they can ‘talk over the subject of Mr Norman’s letter’. TWO: Undated letter to ‘[Shairp? Sherif?]’. 1 p, 16mo. On first leaf of bifolium. With postscript written up one margin. He regrets to inform him that his ‘house is absolutely full’ on the ninth and tenth of the month, but he will be ‘very glad to see you & Campbell’ on the eleventh. Postscript concern the public orator and appointment of an examiner.