Autograph letter signed “John Luzac” to Theophilus Parsons, Leiden, 17 July 1803

by John Luzac

$500 · Offered by Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

Two and a half pages, 4to. Item #404995 John Luzac 1746-1807 : Dutch lawyer, journalist and professor in Greek and History, of Huguenot origin. He was the most influential newspaper editor in the Western world in the years immediately preceding the French Revolution. The Dutch scholar-lawyer tells Parsons that he has been employed to “execute the commission of books.” He tells of his search for books throughout his career, and mentions meeting

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