Description:
Lister, Joseph, 1st Baron Lister (1827-1912) Letter Signed, 18 May 1889.
Single leaf of 12 Park Crescent, Portland Place stationery, inscribed on one page. To Charles Meaburn Tatham Esquire (1828-1924) accepting inclusion on Tatham's list of patrons. Some old adhesive to verso, old folds, with a photogravure portrait by Emery Walker, the letter: 7 x 4 1/2 in.
Estimate $100-200
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