Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third. From original family documents. In Four Volumes.
Book Description
[Sold with:] Memoirs of the Court of England, during the Regency, 1811-1820. In Two Volumes. [Sold with:] Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830. In Two Volumes. [Sold with:] Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of William IV. and Victoria. In Two Volumes.
First edition, 10 volumes, 8vo (215 x 140 mm), portrait frontispiece to each volume, text very clean, bound in half green crushed morocco by Hatchards, spines evenly faded, a couple of heads of spines a little rubbed, corners bumped, all edges gilt, a nice set.
Dealer Notes
Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Laurence Currie (1867-1934), insurance broker and railroad executive, he added to a collection of books and art begun by his grandfather Raikes Currie and father Bertram Wodehouse Currie; bookplate of J. R. D. Cowell.
Author
BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS (Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of, 1797-1861)
Date
1855-61
Publisher
London: Hurst and Blackett,
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