Renouard, Autograph letter to Paolo Antonio Tosi, Milan, Paris, 19 October 1833

Renouard, Antoine-Augustin. Autograph letter signed ("Ant. Aug Renouard"), to the bookseller Paolo Antonio Tosi, discussing the publication of some Aldine letters

Four pages (227 x 194 mm), Paris, 19 October 1833, with attached address leaf with postal marks, remains of seal. (Some marks and stains.)

This lengthy autograph letter, signed by Antoine-Augustin Renouard and addressed to the bookseller Paolo Antonio Tosi, discusses the publication of some Aldine letters—likely those of Paulus Manutius, which appeared as a supplement to the Annales Aldines in 1834.

provenance: Sir Edward Sullivan, 1^st Bt. (1822-1885); his sale, Sotheby's London, 19 May-13 June 1890, lot 6922; purchased by — Bernard Quaritch, London — Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921); his sale, Sotheby's London, 3-6 April 1922, lot 747; purchased by — "Arthur" — G. Michelmore & Co., London; his sale, Sotheby's London, 13-14 June 1955, lot 100; purchased by — E.P. Goldschmidt & Co., London; Catalogue 108 (London 1955), item 371. acquisition: Purchased from Paul Grinke, London, 2011