VICTORIA; QUEEN OF THE UK. Autograph Letter Signed, "VictoriaRg," to "My dear Duchess,"...

VICTORIA; QUEEN OF THE UK. Autograph Letter Signed, "VictoriaRg," to "My dear Duchess," thanking her for sending a pretty drawing and encouraging her to attend a ball. 2 pages, 8vo, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet, stationery with embossed royal cipher; markedly toned overall, moderate brittling to edges, chipping at upper left corner recto with some loss to cipher, remnants of prior mounting at lower left recto and upper left verso, short closed separations at horizontal folds. "Claremont" [Esher], 25 May no year