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Auction: 17020 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 909

Autographs
Charles Dickens
1864 (14 February) stampless envelope addressed to "The Baron Tauchnitz, Leipzig" in Dickens' distinctive hand and blue ink, the envelope bears London W.C. duplex postmark and handstruck "7" applied on arrival and bears the signature "Charles Dickens" at lower left, the flap bears his "C.D." monogram and Ausgabe arrival c.d.s. A couple of contemporary ink spots do not detract from this appealing cover. Karl-Albert Louis Certificate (2013). Photo

Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 – 70) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.



Tauchnitz was the name of a family of German printers and publishers. They published English language literature for distribution on the European continent outside Great Britain, including initial serial publications of novels by Charles Dickens. Though copyright protection did not exist between nations in the 19th century, Tauchnitz paid the authors for the works they published, and agreed to limit their sales of English-language books to the European continent, as authors like Dickens or Bulwer-Lytton had separate arrangements for publication and sale in Great Britain.

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