MEMOIRS OF THE COMTE DE GRAMONT. Translated by Horace Walpole. Edited, with an Introduction, by david Hughes.
by HAMILTON, Anthony
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London: The Folio Society., 1965.. First Folio Society Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good in slipcase. Octavo, bound in full dark green buckram with a gilt design based on a binding by Samuel Mearne from the library of Charles II, now in the British Library. 256 pp. Frontispiece plus fiftenn additional full-page black & white lithographed plates which are reproductions of etchings from the 1793 edition of Walpole's translation. Toning to spine, light stains, a very good copy in the cardboard slipcase which has small splits and stains.
¶ "...the most entertaining of contemporary memoirs, and in no other book is there a description so vivid, truthful, and graceful of the licentious court of Charles II."
¶ "...the most entertaining of contemporary memoirs, and in no other book is there a description so vivid, truthful, and graceful of the licentious court of Charles II."
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- Thompson Rare Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 311677
- Title
- MEMOIRS OF THE COMTE DE GRAMONT. Translated by Horace Walpole. Edited, with an Introduction, by david Hughes.
- Author
- HAMILTON, Anthony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Folio Society Edition.
- Publisher
- The Folio Society.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965.
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- Literature; History;
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