HECTOR: A TRAGEDY IN THREE ACTS

LUCE DE LANCIVAL, J. Ch. J. HECTOR: A TRAGEDY IN THREE ACTS. Translated from the French by Edward Mangin. Gye, Bath: Longman, Hurst and Orne, [1810]. 8vo., brown, full-morocco leather, stamped in gilt; marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, 83 pages. First English Edition, first published in Paris in the same year. With the personal bookplate (although it appears to be a non-contemporary one?) on the front pastedown of the translator, Edward Mangin. Signed "Mary Mangin" in ink on the title page. Edward Mangin [1772-1852] was a miscellaneous writer and a descendant of a long-line of Mangin in Ireland, dating back to at least in 16th century. Mary Mangin was his wife, being the daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Nangreave of the East Indian army. She died in 1846. A scarce book! Very Good (bit of rubbing covers & little cracking hinges; contents clean & tight). Scarce! $250.00 (3317) FOREIGN 19 POETRY .