Nov 08, 2018 - Sale 2492

Sale 2492 - Lot 113

Price Realized: $ 845
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 350 - $ 500
"I CONGRATULATE . . . THE WHOLE FRENCH NATION FOR THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION" (BUSINESS.) JOSIAH WEDGWOOD. Autograph Letter Signed, "JWedgwood," to Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, in French, announcing that he has sent him a package of various minerals from Cornwall, and congratulating him and his countrymen on the success of the French Revolution. Written on the pages following the letter is a holograph list of the 34 items sent in the package mentioned, including a description of each mineral sample and location at which it was found. 3 pages, 4to, with address panel on terminal page; some small holes in second leaf from seal tears affecting few words of text, faint toning at edges, folds. London, 29 May 1790
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". . . I have just now sent to your address a small parcel containing a few minerals from our country, especially those from the province of Cornwall, which I hope you will find worthy of being placed in your fine collection. . . . I collected various samples from the mines of tin, copper, etc. . . .

"I congratulate you, Sir, and the whole French nation for the glorious revolution which has been so happily carried out during these past months. It is an even for which one can find no parallel in the history . . . . It is to be hoped that the French and English nations will always live together in the closest friendship . . . ."

WITH--A bill for plates, platters, and other items amounting to £3.9.6 addressed to Mr. Allen written on Wedgwood & Son stationery to which is attached a receipt for the amount due signed by Wedgewood's son, "Jos Wedgwood Jun." Together 2 pages, 4to or 3x8 inches. London, 30 October 1824.