MEMOIRS OF LADY FANSHAWE, WIFE OF THE RIGHT HON. SIR RICHARD FANSHAWE
by FANSHAWE, Lady
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About This Item
1829. FANSHAWE, Lady. MEMOIRS OF LADY FANSHAWE, WIFE OF THE RIGHT HON. SIR RICHARD FANSHAWE, BART. ... TO WHICH ARE ADDED, EXTRACTS FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE OF SIR RICHARD FANSHAWE. London: Henry Colburn, 1829. lxiii + 395 + 5 pp. publisher's advertisements. 8vo., half art vellum over marbled paper covered boards, gilt leather spine label and top edge, gilt rules. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece portrait engraved by Meyer. Spine chipped, vellum soiled, boards rubbed/shelfworn. Moderate foxing to frontispieceand title page; ocasional light foxing and pencil underlining in the text. Written in the year 1676. Sir Richard was Ambassador from Charles II to the Court of Madrid in 1665.
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- Bookseller
- Boston Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 83810
- Title
- MEMOIRS OF LADY FANSHAWE, WIFE OF THE RIGHT HON. SIR RICHARD FANSHAWE
- Author
- FANSHAWE, Lady
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1829
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Specializing in East Asian Books with Aesthetic Interest, Japanese Books with Original Art, English and American Literature, Women's Books and the Generally Intriguing!
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Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...