Alfred A. Nobel (1833 1896 Swedish manufacturer and inventor who used profits from his sale of dynamite to created the fund for the prizes given in his name Als lp 12mo Paris 1891 in French to a lady In part I have just received your gracious invitation for tomorrow for which I am very pleased to accept Permit me to say madame that you are a thousand times too kind and amiable for a savage such as I One tiny ink spot at bottom blank margin otherwise very good