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    Sale 5309

    Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts

    London, South Kensington

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    2 June 2008

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    Lot 388

    TOLSTOI, Lev Nikolaevich, Count (1828-1910). Typed note signed to Bogdanov, Iasnaya Poliana, 20 July 1910, in Russian, 'Let us be like Aleksander in using any opportunity to get rid of all evil which clouds our soul' (presumably referring to the Russian poet Bodganovitch (1744-1822)), approximately 75 x 195mm. Framed with modern reproduction photograph.

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    GBP 375

    Estimate

    GBP 500 - GBP 800

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    TOLSTOI, Lev Nikolaevich, Count (1828-1910). Typed note signed to Bogdanov, Iasnaya Poliana, 20 July 1910, in Russian, 'Let us be like Aleksander in using any opportunity to get rid of all evil which clouds our soul' (presumably referring to the Russian poet Bodganovitch (1744-1822)), approximately 75 x 195mm. Framed with modern reproduction photograph.

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