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Add. MS a/732/4
Title
Letter from D. Nutt [?]
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- 18 Jun. 1895 (Creation)
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1 folded sheet.
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270, Strand, London, W. C. - Writes to ask if King's translation of the Pistis Sophia, 'projected by him as the Supplement to his Gnostics, was ever completed and is still in existence, and if so if its publication could be arranged'.
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Originally found at the front of O.10a.5, King's translation of Pistis Sophia.
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David Nutt, founder of the publishing firm bearing his name, died in 1863 and was succeeded by his son Alfred. This letter is written from the offices of David Nutt & Co. but the signature is unclear, with the initial resembling a D. Perhaps Alfred Nutt's son Philip David Nutt?