Victorian Autograph Album.
A Victorian autograph album containing mostly 19th century autograph letters signed, signed free fronts and envelopes, and cut signatures by notable period of the period, including Charles Dickens, autograph letter signed (ALS), Tavistock House, 1857, with the signed envelope panel for the letter, John Stuart Mill, one side of heavily trimmed ALS, no place, no date, Joseph Hume, three-page ALS, 1837, John Ruskin, one page ALS, Brantwood, Coniston, 18th May [18]83, George Cruikshank, signed envelope panel, Cardinal Newman, one page ALS, William E. Gladstone, single page of ALS, Reb. F. O. Morris, cut signature, John Lillywhite, one page ALS, George Peabody, cut signature, and others, including many Members of Parliament, Bishops, etc. Approximately 202 signatures, all mounted on rectos and versos of album leaves (183 pages), pen captions identifying the signers, with 11 loose signatures/letters and a manuscript index loosely inserted, first leaf with ownership inscription 'Charles Wilkinson, Bank House, Kendal', some spotting and foxing throughout, limp roan binding, partially detached, marbled endpapers.