John Lubbock Signed (3 results)

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Letter Written and Signed by John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet. Dated March 1886. A short letter about a poem sent to him from a Mrs Webb. John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet, 1834-1913, known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet from 1865 until 1900, was an English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath. Lubbock worked in his family company as a banker but made significant contributions in archaeology, ethnography, and several branches of biology. He coined the terms "Paleolithic" and "Neolithic" to denote the Old and New Stone Ages, respectively. He helped establish archaeology as a scientific discipline, and was influential in debates concerning evolutionary theory.[1] He introduced the first law for the protection of the UK's archaeological and architectural heritage. He was also a founding member of the X Club. Size is 150m x 98mm. Condition is good. Light folding creasing. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18812. Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Letter and Envelope Written and Signed by John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet. Dated March 1891. A short letter about his cold. John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet, 1834-1913, known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet from 1865 until 1900, was an English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath. Lubbock worked in his family company as a banker but made significant contributions in archaeology, ethnography, and several branches of biology. He coined the terms "Paleolithic" and "Neolithic" to denote the Old and New Stone Ages, respectively. He helped establish archaeology as a scientific discipline, and was influential in debates concerning evolutionary theory.[1] He introduced the first law for the protection of the UK's archaeological and architectural heritage. He was also a founding member of the X Club.Provenance: From the family of autograph collector Emily Mary Rose Lee (1869-1949), wife of Colonel William Crawford Walton (1864-1937). Emily was the daughter of William Lee, Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Glasgow from 1874 to 1886, and granddaughter of John Lee (1779-1859), Principal of Edinburgh University from 1840 to 1859. Size is 152m x 98mm. Condition is good. Light folding creasing. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17164. Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Handwritten Letter Signed by Politician and Naturalist John Lubbock to Levi Leone. Undated. A letter that reads: "I am a learner not a leader in the Metric system agitation, so therefore pray do not place my name forward so prominently, or expect a speech from me". John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury 1834-1913 was an English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath. He coined the terms "Paleolithic" and "Neolithic" to denote the Old and New Stone Ages, respectively. He helped establish archeology as a scientific discipline and was influential in debates concerning evolutionary theory. Levi Leone, 1821-1888. English jurist and statistician. His chief work, History of British Commerce and of the Economic Progress of the British Nation, 1763-1870, is considered to be a partisan account of British economic development. Size is 180mm x 115mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17153. Signed by Author(s).