Hi Jean-Yves,
At 22:06 02/08/2004 +0200, Jean-Yves Artero wrote:
>I am certainly not trying to convince anybody that this topic is
>essential, but I simply think that WMV s character on the contrary is very
>very important in this story.
>
>For instance I read somewhere he was from POL/LIT nobility. Why did he
>choose the above to present himself as a bookdealer, at some stage of course?
When he came to London (from Siberia, via China), he found work with a
group of Russian emigres selling books: from there, possibly only a chance
encounter or comment would be necessary to set him on his way as an
antiquarian bookseller - though the issue of from where he got his initial
stock is another matter.Sure, I think that at the beginning he had a British associate, who although left rapidly this peculiar stage.
>Here is an excerpt of VMW s third list of books in 1901( FWIW: price half
>a crown - in 1901 ):
>
>page 318, reference 1227:
>
>"L'Amoroso Convivio di Dante, Impresso in Venegia per Marchio Sessa nell'
>anno MDXXXI. The Sessa mark (cat and mouse) appears twice: in border of
>title and in an other form on last leaf...".
What would the correct reference for WMV's 1901 list of books be? Would it
be "Catalogue 3", or would that be somewhat premature?As you understood, I read this list . this is its right title I did not modify it: "third list of books"; I do not know exactly when and if this title changed later on but I am pretty sure that this is the correct one at least for the first six issues.
>Nick I am really ( I have to emphasize this I imagine ;-) ) really really
>sorry about this new chapter.
Don't worry: while it's not exactly central to my own research, it is
certainly an interesting matter in its own right, so I don't mind updating
the page once in a while. :-)Grateful again anyway!
Cheers, .....Nick Pelling.....
Cheers Jean