Mar 22, 2018 - Sale 2470

Sale 2470 - Lot 198

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
BYRON, GEORGE GORDON NOEL; LORD. Fragment of an Autograph Letter, unsigned, to an unnamed recipient ("Dear Madam"), including first 10 lines, sending a newspaper [not present]. 1 page, square 12mo; lower portion torn away leaving irregular lower edge with loss to text, mounted at corners to a larger sheet, folds. [Pisa], 20 January 1822

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"The paper is not to be found--but here is a Galignani of the same date which contains the only thing which I presume gave it any particular interest.
"I am extremely sorry for this & will replace it by sending for a paper of the same date to England to the Gentleman's address wherever he may be. . . ."