[Peter Cunningham, author of the 'Handbook of London'.] Autograph Letter Signed, asking for an engraving [for his edition of Walpole's letters], for which the publisher Richard Bentley will pay.

1p, 16mo. On bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with thin strip of mount adhering to reverse of second leaf. Folded once. Signed ?Peter Cunningham?. The recipient (?Dear Sir?) is not named. Written in a tight difficult hand. Clearly with regard to his nine-volume edition of Horace Walpole's letters, published between 1857 and 1859, he asks him to have ?ye enclosed seal cut on wood for me [?] to suit the page description I enclose. .. I will make Bentley pay for it.? I asks to have it ?within ten days of this?. He concludes by reporting his improved health: ?I am better - but reduced to a skeleton & so weak from [?] jelly.?