By Mrs Mary Robinson
London   The Grolier Society
7" by 5"
A limited edition print of the biographies and memoirs of these fascinating seventeenth century women.
By Mrs Mary Robinson

c1900 Beaux & Belles of England With the Lives of the Duchess of Gordon and Devonshire by Grace and Philip Wharton

London   The Grolier Society
7" by 5"
A limited edition print of the biographies and memoirs of these fascinating seventeenth century women.
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Illustrated, Limited Edition

With a colour frontispiece plate and an additional six monochrome portraits of various figures in society. The De Luxe edition published by The Grolier society of London. Printed on paper with the watermark of The Grolier society. This text is undated, dated from Copac. The Grolier Club is the oldest existing bibliophilic club in North America, founded in January 1884. With a brief biographical preface by the editor of this particular work, J Fitzgerald Molloy. This text mainly comprises of Mary Robinson's memoirs. Robinson was an English actress, poet, dramatist, novelist and a celebrity figure of her day. She was also the first public mistress of King George IV whilst he was still the Prince of Wales. The text also contains biographies of Jane, Duchess of Gordon and Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. These biographies were written by Katherine Thomson, under her pseudonym Grace Wharton. Wharton was a writer in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and penned several biographies of notable figures.

Condition

In a half morocco binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, smart with some rubbing to the raised bands and extremities. Rear board has faded slightly. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean throughout. Some gatherings remain uncut at foredge.

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