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From newsletter 20:
20. FERRIER, James Frederick Autograph Letter Signed, probably to Fichte-biographer William Smith (1845). On letter paper with an embossed mark. 18,8 x 11,5 cm. 4 p. Written in '53 Queen Street' [, Edinburgh], dated '1 Nov 1845' and signed 'J F Ferrier'. Written in brown ink. 38 lines. Two tiny parts torn off, a few notes, some in pen (possibly by Smith) and some in pencil. Folded.
€ 60
* Letter to 'Dear Sir' by the Scottish
metaphysical philosopher Ferrier (1808-1864) to the author of a Fichte
translation and biography he had received, probably The Nature of
The Scholar and its Manifestations by William Smith (1845). Ferrier
is pressed for time ('in great household confusion of late'), having
to leave Edinburgh for St. Andrews (where he was appointed professor
in Moral Philosophy that year), but will be examining the book and 'should
a suitable occasion present itself, I should not hesitate to allude
to your work, as, in my opinion, a very illustrious performance'.
