By Lord Lytton
London   George Routledge and Sons
10" by 7" xiii, 341pp
A scarce limited 'Edition de Luxe' of The Pilgrims of the Rhine by Lord Lytton being number 196 of 500 copies. With twenty- seven engravings on steel from drawings by Roberts, Maclise and other artists including frontispiece and vignette half title engrav
By Lord Lytton

1891 The Pilgrims of the Rhine

London   George Routledge and Sons
10" by 7" xiii, 341pp
A scarce limited 'Edition de Luxe' of The Pilgrims of the Rhine by Lord Lytton being number 196 of 500 copies. With twenty- seven engravings on steel from drawings by Roberts, Maclise and other artists including frontispiece and vignette half title engrav
£150.00
: 1.5kgs / : LTH20-B-7

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Illustrated, Leather Binding, Limited Edition, Scarce

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton PC (1803 - 1873), was an English politician, poet, playwright, and novelist. He was immensely popular with the reading public and wrote a stream of bestselling dime-novels which earned him a considerable fortune His literary career began in 1820 - with the publication of a book of poems - and spanned much of the nineteenth century. He wrote in a variety of genres, including historical fiction, mystery, romance, the occult, and science fiction. He financed his extravagant life with a varied and prolific literary output, sometimes publishing anonymously. Bulwer-Lytton reached the height of his popularity with the publication of Godolphin (1833) which was followed by The Pilgrims of the Rhine (1834). With previous owner's ink inscription to recto of frontispiece dated 1938.

Condition

In a half morocco binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, generally sound but with wear to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Generally bright but with slight age toning to front and rear and marginally in places and with slight foxing to some plates and title page.

Very Good

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