Autograph Letter Signed to, John Wilson Croker, requesting the source for a passage in Croker's edition of Bassompiere's Embassy to England (1819)

Estimate: $100–$150
Hammer price: $200

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author

D'ISRAELI, ISAAC.

printer

7th May

Place

6 Bloomsbury Square, (London)

Publication

1828

summary

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

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