Historiettes, or tales of continental life. By the author of "The English in Italy"

[Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby]

Published by Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street, London, 1827

About this Item

First edition, 3 volumes, 12mo, pp. xii, [2], 333, [1]; [4], 352; [4], 316, [4] ads; 4 pages of ads are tipped into volume I; original blue paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfback, printed paper labels on spines; occasional staining, small cracks and creases, but generally a very good, sound copy. All 3 volumes with evidence of hand-made coverings removed, with stains and old adhesion marks on the endpapers. Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby (1797-1863) was a career diplomat and politician, but was also a pamphleteer, a writer of romantic tales, and a novelist. Sadleir 1832; see Wolfe1656 where he assumes the work is not, in fact, that of Lord Normanby, but rather the work of Eyre Evans Crowe. OCLC universally attributes it to Lord Normanby.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Historiettes, or tales of continental life. By the author of "The English in Italy"
• Publisher: Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street, London
• Publication Date: 1827
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • English Literature