Grammont hamilton count a (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good to Very Good. No Dust Jacket. [1793] 364+pp. Red leather covers w/ gilt title on spine, and gilt border decoration to covers. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear to extremities. All edges gilt; marbled endpapers. Hinges tender. Neatly penned inscription on front blank endpaper stating "this copy from the first impressions as the work came out" and that Harding was under some obligation to the recipient of this copy. Light foxing throughout. Illust. w/ several b/w portraits.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 3 volume set, 8 1/4 inches tall. A remarkable Regency full 'russia' diced calf in superb condition with gilt raised bands, and exceptionally fine gilt tooling in the head and tail panels. Twin gilt fillets and a gilt roll frame the diced boards. This set is embellished with 37 engraved portraits. Some offsetting from the plates. "The book is the most entertaining of contemporary memoirs, in no other book is there a description so vivid, truthful and graceful of the licentious court of Charles II.Grammont's scandalous tongue knew no restraint.". (Ency.Brit.). A superb set of this classic work.…