Autograph Letter Signed to, John Wilson Croker, requesting the source for a passage in Croker's edition of Bassompiere's Embassy to England (1819)
AUCTION 40 |
Thursday, June 26th,
2008 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 277
D'ISRAELI, ISAAC.
Autograph Letter Signed to, John Wilson Croker, requesting the source for a passage in Croker's edition of Bassompiere's Embassy to England (1819)
6 Bloomsbury Square, (London): 7th May 1828
Est: $100 - $150
PRICE REALIZED $200
The acclaim of Anglo-Jewish literary critic Isaac D'Israeli (1766-1848) has been eclipsed by that of his famous son, Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81), Prime Minister of England under Queen Victoria.
John Wilson Croker (1780-1857), British statesman and author, was a friend to the D'Israelis, both father and son. It was from Croker that Benjamin Disraeli drew the character "Rigby" in his novel Coningsby