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Excerpt from Catalogue of Autograph Letters and Historical Documents, the Property of the Late Mrs. Julia Davies of Cheltenham (Sold by Order of the Executrix): Including a Very Fine Series of Signatures of the Sovereigns of England and France, an Unpublished Latin Epigram by Erasmus; 1908 I. The highest bidder to be the buyer and if any dispute arise between bidders, the lot so disputed shall be immediately put up again, provided the auctioneer cannot decide the said dispute. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.