A SAMMELBAND OF 68 BRITISH PEERESS MANUSCRIPT LETTERS TO HARDING & COMPANY, LONDON, 1843-1859

London, 1843. Book. Very Good. Paper Covered Boards. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Very Good, bound in Stitched paper covered boards, lacking the spine, a fragment of spine laid in with partial title -"ASHBY HAR(DING) LETTER OF PEERESS". A fascinating collection of letters mostly requesting various goods and items to be sent -"The Ladies Cornwallis will be glad to see the person who made their cloaks on Thursday morning at ten o'clock ", "lady Blount wishes Messrs. Harding to send her two yards of silk..." etc. The company of "Messrs. Harding" went through many name changes during the first half of the nineteenth century in London, from Harding, Howell & Ashby to Harding, Howell & Co, Harding, Ashby & Co., Ashby & Co., etc. They were always involved in selling various high-end goods and services- dressmaking, jewelry, haberdashery, perfumes furs, silks, etc.- to the Royalty of England, including the Prince & Princess of Wales and York, Dukes of York & Clarence, and to the peers and peeress of the realm. A simply marvelous collection of letters, with much to be discovered about the identities of their authors. .