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More imagesBeaux and Belles of England [Comprising] The Sheridans, vol. I & II; Mrs Sarah Siddons, vol. I & II; Mrs Mary Robinson; Lord Chesterfield, vol. I & II; Lady Blessington; Beau Brummel, vol. I & II; Count de Grammont; Lady Hamilton; Lord Nelson, vol. I & II;
JEFFERSON, John Cordy; HAMILTON, Anthony; ERNST, W; CAPTAIN JESSE; MOLLOY, J. Fitzgerald; BOADEN, James.etc
Published by London The Grolier Society 1910
- Hardcover
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United KingdomShapero Rare Books
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'Edition Magnifique', limited to 26 copies lettered 'S'; 13 volumes (of 14, without Nell Gwyn), royal 8vo, (240 x 160 mm); each volume has 8 illustrations (in three separate states) including a frontispiece divided by tissue guards titled in red lettering, printed on vellum paper, usual age-toning and spotting to prelims, heavy…spotting to Beau Brummel Vol. I and Lady Blessington; uniformly bound in original crushed light-blue morocco inlaid with gilt, red, and dark green florid decoration, decorative boards single-ruled in gilt, gilt top edges, five raised bands with spines gilt-lettered and red and gilt inlay, gilt floral-inlay doublures to pastedowns, green silk moirà endpapers, embossed heraldic emblem to front boards with motto 'Sic Fidem Teneo', each volume housed in a slipcase, exceedingly rare and precious set in overall near fine condition. This is a stupendously bound set in a limited edition of 26 copies only. It is a biographical panoply of figures straddling the theatre world and also includes members of the English aristocracy. Each illustration is represented in three states. The enamel inlaid decoration is particularly fine.
