Letters from a Lady, who Resided in Some Years in Russia, to Her Friend in England. With Historical Notes.

[VIGOR, Jane]

Published by London, Printed for J. Dodsley, 1775

About this Item

12mo, contemporary full leather, morocco title-piece, marbled edges, viii 207 pp., 1 folding plate; nice copy, fully rebacked with the original boards intact. First edition of the letters Jane Vigor (1699 1783) wrote when she was the wife of two successive British ambassadors to the court of the Empress Anna of Russia. The letters offer a unique eyewitness account of life at the court in St. Petersburg and amongst the expatriate community in the 1730s. Contemporary reviewers praised the anecdotes of courtly occasions, including marriages, coronations and funerals, as well as stories of aristocratic intrigue and romance. After her second husband's death she returned to England accompanied by William Vigor, a Quaker minister who became her third husband. A year after Jane's death, "Eleven Additional Letters" was published in 1784 and provided her biography. Seller Inventory # ABE-1698935966924

Bibliographic Details

Title: Letters from a Lady, who Resided in Some ...

Publisher: London, Printed for J. Dodsley

Publication Date: 1775

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition