Platon

Benjamin Jowett Master of Balliol College Oxford and translator of Plato. Two Autograph Letters Signed one to ‘Bramston’ and the other to 'Shairp Sherif'.

Best.-Nr. 26267 — First letter to Bramston ‘Aug. 21 no year on paper watermarked 1864 / Tummil Bridge i.e. Tummell Bridge Pitlochry’ on embossed letterhead of ‘COLL DE BALL / OXON’. Second letter no date or page. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Both letters signed ‘B Jowett’. ONE: Autograph Letter Signed to ‘My dear Bramston’. 2pp 12mo. On bifolium. In good condition lightly aged but with discoloration probably deliberate since he is writing from Scotland to letterhead. Strip of paper from mount adhering to blank reverse of second leaf. Folded for postage. Begins by asking for his thanks and those of ‘Lord Kerry’ his student see Abbott’s ‘Life and Letters’ to be sent to ‘Captain Egerton for his kind and hospitable invitation’. He is sorry that they must ‘stick to our books during the few days which remain as we are a real reading party’. He hopes to see him on the Sunday when they can ‘talk over the subject of Mr Norman’s letter’. TWO: Undated letter to ‘Shairp Sherif’. 1 p 16mo. On first leaf of bifolium. With postscript written up one margin. He regrets to inform him that his ‘house is absolutely full’ on the ninth and tenth of the month but he will be ‘very glad to see you & Campbell’ on the eleventh. Postscript concern the public orator and appointment of an examiner. First letter, to Bramston, ‘Aug. 21 [no year, on paper watermarked 1864] / Tummil Bridge [i.e. Tummell Bridge, Pitlochry]’, unknown