Hungarian scholar and author (1832–1913) who assisted Bram Stoker in his research on vampires for the novel Dracula and is said to be the model (at least in part) for the character Van Helsing. ALS signed “A. Vambery,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, September 7, 1868. Vambery writes to Mr. Ladyman. In part: “Your letter including two photographs of papa and mama has reached me here in Perth…. My lady wept as a child as I showed to her the striking likeness of your good parents, what she relates here and everywhere about them, about your house, and about Englishmen in general will people make believe that old England has turned into one of those … countries where … the air echoes nothing but deeply felt expressions of love, fraternity, and heavenly goodliness. Well let them believe it….” In fine condition, with a touch of light soiling and wrinkling. R&R COA.
