TALBOT1827

My dear Henry

Mama ¹ is much obliged to you for assisting her about Nicholls Progresses, & she is going to give you a little more trouble & ask you to pay one more visit to Thorpe’s shop² – You said that the Reprint of Nicholls’, price £5 · 5 in boards was the same as the 10 guineas edition, excepting that it has no Latin, but Mama wants to know what part, & how much, of the original work is in Latin – & she will be much obliged to you to look at the Latin & write her word what it is about – If it is nothing but Gracious she sh^d not care about it, but if it is an Appendix, with lists of goods &c &c of course she would be sorry to have that part omitted – · When you make this pilgrimage to Thorpe I should be much obliged to you to get there for me the 4 following books, & to send them to Henry ³ in Bury S^t who will take care of them & forward them to me.

5210. Henault, Abrégé Chronologique de l’Histoire de France ⁴ – Paris 1775. 3 Vols. 8^o – 4/6

3315. Istoria del Cardinal Alberonie– ⁵ Vellum 2/ Amsterdam 1720 – 8^o –

5272. Historia della Vita di Carlo 5. Duca di Lorena e di Bar – ⁶ portrait 4^to Venet: 1699 – 4/

7204. Walpole’s ⁷ Catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors of England – 2 Vols – 8^o – 1759 – – 5/–

I hope these will not give you a great deal of trouble, as I have a great fancy for them – Uncle William ⁸ says in his last letter that he has been on a botanising Tour through Calabria &c he seems to have been much pleased with Taranto & its neighbourhood as he met with many curious old houses & amusing people. It was dated from Lecce but of course he did not say whither he was returning to Naples or not. – I have a lovely Geranium of his in blow now, but [the?]⁹ rest of my garden is not worth looking at as the cold winds have prevented all flowers from shewing their faces as yet. – Tell Caroline & Horatia ¹⁰ & we go in the Boat a great deal, & long for them to help to row – tho’ we are much improved.– Louisa ¹¹ is not allowed to, of course –

Your aff Cousin
Harriet Frampton

Papa ¹² will be much obliged to you to enquire for him, the price of Sales Koran ¹³ when you next visit a booksellers shop, as he feels it a disgrace to the Library to be without one any longer.

Moreton. ¹⁴
Wednesday

Henry Fox Talbot Esq^re
31 Sackville St
London