(Date altered from 17 to 16, or vice versa.)
(Undated. Postmarked 12 June 1821. The writer of the message, which is signed ‘R. Valpy’, was perhaps Abraham Valpy’s elder brother Richard.)
Sans titreIncludes a note of acknowledgement from Francis Palgrave at the bottom
2, Barton St., Westminster, S. W. About arrangements for memorial service at St. Margaret's, Westminster, for the 1st Lord Houghton. Written in third person.
(Appended is a ‘List of desiderata for my Collection of Literary Letters.’)
(Transcript in Turner’s hand. At the head is written, ‘The original in my volume 8[?] of Quarto Tracts.’)
It was FitzGerald's wish that Omar Khayyam should never be published separately again, and he made this a condition with Quaritch when agreeing it should be published with Salámán and Absál. Cannot therefore 'violate his direct orders'.
Written on sheet of headed notepaper for 'Bernard Quaritch, Bookseller, Central Agency for the procuring of Rare Books'.