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Item ID Number: 1964;
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| Book Number |
1964 |
| Author |
Robert Huish |
| Title |
Memoirs of George the Third |
| Date |
1821 |
| Publisher |
Thomas Kelly |
| Place of Publication |
London |
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| Cover |
contemporary full tree calf, upper and lower boards with floral and foliage gilt boarder. Spine rebacked expertly saving the original spine, 5 elaboratly gilt compartments of gilt tooled bands, title in gilt on two. All edges marbled. |
| Illustration |
Title page contains a vignette of the “Great Seal of England”, 17 plates of various members of the nobility and including a frontis portrait of King George III. |
| Size |
4to |
| Condition |
An excellent attractive copy. |
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| Pagination |
P. frontis, engraved title, blank, title, printer’s imprint, dedication (2), introduction i-viii, 1-720, index 721-724. |
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An intriguing recount of the “secret anecdotes of his majesty, the royal family, and other distinguished characters, connected with the British court…tending to illustrate the causes, progress, and effects, of the principal political events of his glorious reign”
Robert Huish was a distinguished early 19th century British writer, among his works are Treatise on Nature, Economy and Practical Management of Bee done in 1815 |
| Price (US$) |
750 |
| Short Description |
Book Royalty; Book History English |
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