2 books for « lady charlotte bury »Edit

‎Memoirs of a Peeress or The Days of Fox‎

‎A. and W. Galignani and Co 1837 in8. 1837. Cartonné. Ce livre intitulé 'Memoirs of a Peeress: or the Days of Fox' est un ouvrage de Catherine Grace Frances Gore édité par Lady Charlotte Bury. Il s'agit d'un récit historique centré sur la vie d'une pairie anglaise à l'époque de Charles James Fox mêlant mémoires et fiction. L'édition de 1837 par A. & W. Galignani & Company est mentionnée‎

‎Bon Etat intérieur propre‎

‎"The three great Sanctuaries of Tuscany , Valombrosa , Camaldoli, Laverna ; a poem with historical and legendary notices by the right hnourable lady Charlotte Bury. Illustrated by engravings of the scenery from original drawings by the late reverend Edward Bury."‎

‎ London, John Murray,1833, in-folio, landscape format, 27 x 38 cm, (4)nn pp ( engraved frontispice, title page ) + xi pp (with engraved portrait) + (2)nn pp (list of subscribers) + 139 pp + 6 full page sepia tinted aquatint engravings. (Complete). Bound in watering maroon cloth, with maroon leather label with gilt lettering on front cover, maroon coloured endpapers. Binding with some wear at extremities, spine with some minor loss of material, interior fine without staining or foxing but only some offsetting on the serpent leaves. Still a fine copy of a rare and super romantic book. The portrait engraving of the author is made after a painting by G. Hayter.‎