Some account of the life of Rachael Wriothesley Lady Russell, by the editor of Madame du Deffand s letters. Followed by a series of letters from Lady Russell to her husband, William Lord Russell, from 1672 to 1682; together with some miscellaneous letters to and from Lady Russell. To which are added, eleven letters from Dorothy Sidney Countess of Sunderland, to George Saville Marquis of Hallifax. In the year 1680. Published from the originals in the possession of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire

[Berry, Mary, ed.]

Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row; and James Ridgway, Piccadilly, London, 1819

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First edition, 4to, pp. ciii, [1], 150; original brown paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; small cracks at the bottom of the spine, small wax spots on lower cover, but otherwise near fine. On the upper cover is the ownership signature of Princess Starhemberg [i.e., Princess Franziska Starhemberg 1787-1864]. Presentation copy from the editor, Mrs. Berry, inscribed "To the Princess Starhemberg from her most attached grateful, & affectionate friend, The Editor." There is one correction in ink in the margin of p. viii, also in her hand. Berry (1763-1852), was the editor of the works of Horace Walpole, two dramatic plays, and A Comparative View of the Social Life of England and France from the Restoration of Charles II to the French Revolution. "These letters are written with such a neglect of style, and often of grammar, as may disgust the admirers of well-turned periods, and they contain such frequent repetitions of homely tenderness, as may shock the sentimental readers of the present days. But they evince the enjoyment of happiness, built on such rational foundations, and so truly appreciated by its possessors, as too seldom occurs in the history of the human heart. They are impressed too with the marks of a cheerful mind, a social spirit, and every indication of a character prepared, as well to enjoy the sunshine, as to meet the storms of life" (Berry, p. xix). Lowndes, p. III, 2155.

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• Title: Some account of the life of Rachael Wriothesley Lady Russell, by the editor of Madame du Deffand s letters. Followed by a series of letters from Lady Russell to her husband, William Lord Russell, from 1672 to 1682; together with some miscellaneous letters to and from Lady Russell. To which are added, eleven letters from Dorothy Sidney Countess of Sunderland, to George Saville Marquis of Hallifax. In the year 1680. Published from the originals in the possession of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire
• Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row; and James Ridgway, Piccadilly, London
• Publication Date: 1819
• Edition: 1st Edition
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