The True History of the State Prisoner, Commonly Called the Iron Mask, Extracted from Documents in the French Archives

The Hon. George Agar Ellis

Published by John Murray, London, 1826

About this Item

First Edition, 1826. Bound in half polished calf over marbled boards. back ornately gilt, ribbon marker, later plain beige end papers. with SCARCE handwritten errata slip tipped at p. 105, reading "p. 105, l. 2 from 6 m. for Carrosa read Canopa". Very Good, a small scrape to calf rear cover, dampstains bottom margins unaffecting text, which is quite clean. An attractive copy. The source for the Alexander Dumas novel "The Man in the Iron Mask". Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # 007708

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The True History of the State Prisoner, Commonly Called the Iron Mask, Extracted from Documents in the French Archives
• Publisher: John Murray, London
• Publication Date: 1826
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fine Bindings
  • Nineteenth Century
  • World History