![THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-1863). Autograph letter signed ('W.M. Thackeray') to his cousin William Ritchie, 1 rue des Beaux Arts, [Paris], [August 1835], including a small drawing of 'Jeanette on the Boulevards', three pages, 4to, integral address panel; [with] an autograph note signed to 'Macpherson', n.d., enclosing, as a contribution to 'Miss Edmonstone's Album', a transcription of 'Horace on Myrtle' in Latin with a mock-translation as 'Titmarsh on Mutton', one page, 8vo, integral blank, laid down; [and] an autograph manuscript signed of a poem, 'Doctor Luther', n.d., 25 lines on one page, 4to, the verso bearing printed heading of Bininger & Cozzens, Importers of Brandies, Wines, Liquors, Segars &c, New York.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2009/CSK/2009_CSK_05822_0075_000(115014).jpg?w=1)
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THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-1863). Autograph letter signed ('W.M. Thackeray') to his cousin William Ritchie, 1 rue des Beaux Arts, [Paris], [August 1835], including a small drawing of 'Jeanette on the Boulevards', three pages, 4to, integral address panel; [with] an autograph note signed to 'Macpherson', n.d., enclosing, as a contribution to 'Miss Edmonstone's Album', a transcription of 'Horace on Myrtle' in Latin with a mock-translation as 'Titmarsh on Mutton', one page, 8vo, integral blank, laid down; [and] an autograph manuscript signed of a poem, 'Doctor Luther', n.d., 25 lines on one page, 4to, the verso bearing printed heading of Bininger & Cozzens, Importers of Brandies, Wines, Liquors, Segars &c, New York.
'I am arrived at such a pitch of sentimentality (for a plain girl without a penny in the world) that my whole seyn, être, or being, is bouleversé or capsized ... God knows how it will end': Thackeray's account of meeting his future wife, Isabella Shawe [whom he was to marry on 20 August the following year, in spite of her lack of fortune and her parents' opposition]. The letter continues with advice on his cousin's approaching university career ('keep yourself out of DEBT') and the continuation of his European tour to Italy. (3)
'I am arrived at such a pitch of sentimentality (for a plain girl without a penny in the world) that my whole seyn, être, or being, is bouleversé or capsized ... God knows how it will end': Thackeray's account of meeting his future wife, Isabella Shawe [whom he was to marry on 20 August the following year, in spite of her lack of fortune and her parents' opposition]. The letter continues with advice on his cousin's approaching university career ('keep yourself out of DEBT') and the continuation of his European tour to Italy. (3)
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