Moral emblems : a second collection of cuts and verses /
Stevenson, Robert Louis,1850-1894.
Stevenson, Robert Louis,1850-1894,inscriber.StEdNL: RB.s.2894
S. E. P.,former owner.StEdNL: RB.s.2894
Gosse, Edmund,1849-1928,associated name.StEdNL: RB.s.2894
Foote, Charles B.,1837-1900,former owner.StEdNL: RB.s.2894
Davos-Platz : S. L. Osbourne & Company,
[1882]
Presentation copy from Robert Louis Stevenson with the manuscript inscription "S. E. P. from R. L. S." at the head of the title page. Accompanying the booklet is an autograph letter from Edmund Gosse to the American collector Charles B. Foote dated 17.11.96 describing how he acquired the work: "My dear Foote / Here is the Moral Emblems II. which I have collated and found perfect. It has also R. L. S.'s signature. The possessor would not part with it for less than £5, which was the sum you commissioned me to give, so I have paid that, and you can repay me at your leisure. Let me hear that it reaches you. Yours [??] Edmund Gosse".
Switzerland Davos.