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HOUG/D/F/2/4/3
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Letter from Robert Samuel Turner to Richard Monckton Milnes
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- 22 Feb. 1861 (Creation)
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2 sheets.
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Hotel Meurice, Paris. - Regrets missing Philobiblon meeting but has been undergoing treatment for some months with Dr Ricord [perhaps mercury cure for syphilis - see letter at HOUG/34/132]; will send the two books from collection of Mr ?I/J Milnes - has no others; bought a few books at M. Solar's sale; Potier introduced him to Hankey, who showed him his collection; a bibliography of works ' '... relatifs à l'amour, aux femmes et au mariage' recently published here, but it is not very good'.
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- Turner, Robert Samuel (1818–1887), book collector (Subject)
- Philobiblon Society (Subject)
- Ricord, Philippe (1800-1889), French physician (Subject)
- Potier, Antoine-Laurent (1806-1881), bookseller (Subject)
- Hankey, Frederick (1821-1882), collector of erotic literature (Subject)
- Solar, Félix (1811-1870), French journalist, financier and bibliophile (Subject)