The Life of George Brummell, Esq., Commonly called Beau Brummell

A lovely large paper limited edition of Captain Jesse's definitive biography of the Regency socialite, in red half calf with bright pink marble boards. A beautifully illustrated limited edition of The Life of George Brummell, the revised and annotated edition from the author's own interleaved copy, written by Captain Jesse. Published in 1886, first published in 1844. Complete in two volumes.This limited edition is no. 56 of one hundred printed on large paper in England. In later red half calf, with pink marble boards. End papers renewed, but original blanks and half title preserved. Both volumes contain a colour frontispiece, as well as all other twenty-four colour plates to I and all fourteen other colour plates to II. Collated complete. Captain Jesse's biography is considered the definitive work on the preeminent dandy, famed for his charming wit, extraordinary fashion sense, and his friendship with George IV. This smart revised edition includes additional notes and colour illustrations of Brummell's contemporaries. Four years after publication, the first stage adaptation of Brummell's life was written by American dramatist Clyde Fitch in 1890. In half red calf, with pink marble boards. End papers renewed, but original blanks and half title preserved. Externally, smart, with minimal marks to boards. Slight bumping to the extremities, and a couple of other small rubbing marks to edges, heads and tails of spines, and to joints. Rebound end papers are bright and clean. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and mostly clean, with slight offsetting from illustrations to leaves adjoining colour plates. Very Good Indeed.…