Playfair, Sir Robert Lambert, Knight, author and colonial administrator, 1828-1899: recipient
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Evans, F. to Evans, W., 1824-1926.
File
Identifier: MS.40388
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Evans, Frederick John Owen.Letter, 1880, of Sir Frederick John Owen Evans to Sir Robert Lambert Playfair. Folios 1-2.Evans, Frederick Mullett.Letter, 1851, of Frederick Mullett Evans to John Murray III. Folios 3-4.Evans, George de Lacy.Letter, 1828, of Sir George de Lacy Evans to Robert Otway Cave. Folios 5-6.Evans,...
Dates:
1824-1926.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Robert Playfair., 1873-1889.
File
Identifier: MS.40960
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern mostly the preparation and publication of works by Robert Playfair in the “Murray’s Handbooks” series:Playfair’s revision of “A handbook for travellers in Algeria” (1874);“A handbook for travellers in Algeria and Tunis, Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Carthage, etc.” (1878 and subsequent editions);“A handbook to the Mediterranean” (1881 and subsequent editions).Among...
Dates:
1873-1889.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Robert Playfair., 1879-1899.
File
Identifier: MS.40961
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern mostly the preparation and publication of works by Robert Playfair in the “Murray’s Handbooks” series:Playfair’s revision of “A handbook for travellers in Algeria” (1874);“A handbook for travellers in Algeria and Tunis, Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Carthage, etc.” (1878 and subsequent editions);“A handbook to the Mediterranean” (1881 and subsequent editions).The...
Dates:
1879-1899.