^Lot 578 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

ALS signed “Oliver Wendell Holmes,” one page both sides, 6.75 x 8.25, July 17, 1851. Holmes pens a sarcastic letter to an admirer, in part: “I received your note requesting my autograph, and enclosing a little poem of your own, in which you have paid me the compliment of attempting an [sic] mutation of a style I have sometimes adopted. You must not expect me to see the likeness, which may be striking to others, but which the person mutated is the last to perceive. But, on the other hand, I do not doubt that I should recognize your imitation of Mr. Longfellow or Mr. Bryant or Mr. Whittier—who again might see a resemblance in the times referred to to [sic] my own…Hoping that you will get more money and glory for your counterfeit presentments than some of the originals ever did.” Intersecting folds, one of which lightly affects one letter of the signature, and light creasing and toning, otherwise fine condition.