Nos. 38807-38809 have been transferred from the Department of Printed Books, where they were received as part of the Bequest of Henry Spencer Ashbee, Esq. (d. 1900). Cf. 38826-38830.
Autographs, evidently part of a larger collection. The autographs are mounted on sheets of cardboard, with the descriptions in German at the foot, and were formerly numbered. The following are the names (the numbers following each were those on the cards): — 1. Ernst H.—, Wien, 2 Mar. 1610 [a ...
Private letters to Ashbee. The writers, whose names will be found in the Index, include [Louis] Octave Uzanne, Sir Richard Burton, Pascual de Gayangos, etc., ff. 75. Octavo. Henry Spencer Ashbee, bibliophile: Letters to: 1874-1898, n.d. includes: ff. 1, 9-13. 42, 46 Sir Richard Francis Burton...