NOLHAC, Pierre De. Maria Antoinette. IN A FINE EARLY COSWAY BINDING!

Author: Robinson, Mary. Title: Hubert de Sevrac, a Romance of the Eighteenth Century. Publisher: London: for the Author by Hookham and Carpenter, 1796. Description: First edition. 3 vols., 6-13/16" x 4-7/16", errata at the end of each vol., advertisement leaf at the end of vol. 3, vol. 2 M6 with early repaired tear at foot, without the half-titles, bound in fine contemporary full speckled calf, floral gilt decorated spines, gilt lettered red and green spine labels, covers ruled in gilt. Condition: Internally clean and bright, armorial bookplate of Sir John Eden to front pastedowns, extremely minor foxing to first and last leaves, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spines fine, a handsom set. Additional information: An exceedingly rare gothic novel by Robinson (known as "the English Sappho") set during the French Revolution. In her lifetime Robinson was better known as an actress and lady of fashion as well as for a string of prominent affairs, including with George IV whilst he was still Prince of Wales whose portrait she wore encrusted with diamonds throughout her life but who she did not hesitate to blackmail for £5000 pounds when he cast her off. Her literary output, though derided at the time, has since been reassessed and Robinson herself now seen as a proto-feminist. Mary Robinson was one of those independent 'viragos' who upset so many conventional men at the end of the eighteenth century. She was admired by Mary Wollstonecraft...

Author: Junot, Laure, (Duchess of Abrantes). Title: Memoirs of Madame Junot Duchesse D'Abrantes. (Madame Junot). Publisher: London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1883. Descripti...

AUTHOR: SLOANE, William Milligan. TITLE: The Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte. PUBLISHER: London: The Times Book Club, 1912. DESCRIPTION: NEW REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION. 4 vols., 8" ...

AUTHOR: MONTALTI, Augustinus. TITLE: Reverendissimo Patri D. D. Benedicto (Benedetto) Latilla Neapolitano Congregationis Canonicorum Regularium Lateranebsium Abbati Generali Suam b...

France Under Louis XIV [Le Grand Siecle], Its Arts, Its Ideas by Mrs. Cashel Huey. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1897. First Edition hardcover. 470 p...

Decorate a shelf, console, or library with this elegant 19th-century French devotional volume. Crafted in Paris circa 1877, this refined antique book, titled La Sainte Vierge...

Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin), ed. Georges Monval La Comtesse d'Escarbagnas Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1895. L. Leloir / Champollion. Limited Edition. 16mo., 7 x4 5/8 (...

We present you three volumes in Spanish which describe the life of Leopold I Hapsburg. Published in Milan in 1696. All the volumes are decorated with various graphics by Pieter Bal...