Bowring, John, political economist, traveller and writer (1792-1872). Autograph envelope (fragment) signed.

London, 1. VII. 1835.

Oblong 8vo. 1 page (5 lines).

 250.00

To the English scholar of Anglo-Saxon literature Benjamin Thorpe (1782-1870) at St. John's College, Oxford.

In 1835, Bowring entered Parliament, and in the following year he was appointed head of a government commission to be sent to France to inquire into the actual state of commerce between the two countries.

With traces of old mounting on the verso and slight brownstaining.

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