PRINCESS BERKELEY MARGRAVINE (Elizabeth) - Memoirs of the Margravine of Anspach. - 1826
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Memoirs of the Margravine of Anspach by Princess Elizabeth Craven, two volumes in-8, Paris edition 1826, 566 pages, format 18.1 × 11 cm, blue morocco binding with gilt tooling and two frontispieces, library stamps, good condition, original language English.
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PRINCESS BERKELEY MARGRAVINE (Elizabeth)
Memoirs of the Margravine of Anspach.
A. and W. Galignani, Paris, 1826
2 volumes in-8, (18.3 x 11 cm), I: VII-(3)-280 pp.; II: VII-(1)-268 pp., bindings. Demi-maroquin with long-grain blue-night leather, corners, spine with raised bands ornamented, dotted rule along the border of the leather, marbled edges. Period binding. Occasional foxing. Good overall condition.
Paris edition published in the same year as the London original edition. It is illustrated with 2 frontispieces.
In 1826, Princess Elizabeth Craven published her Memoirs under the name of the Margravine of Anspach, a title she acquired after her marriage to the last Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Charles Alexander of Brandenburg. The daughter of the Earl of Berkeley, she had first married Baron Craven. After their divorce, she left England to undertake long travels across Europe, during which she met the Margrave of Anspach. A woman of letters, she began her career with poetry before turning to travel writing. Her Memoirs constitute her final work and provide a retrospective testimony of her life.
Stamp of the Château de Sancerre library on the second flyleaf of each volume.
Nicely bound copy.
PRINCESS BERKELEY MARGRAVINE (Elizabeth)
Memoirs of the Margravine of Anspach.
A. and W. Galignani, Paris, 1826
2 volumes in-8, (18.3 x 11 cm), I: VII-(3)-280 pp.; II: VII-(1)-268 pp., bindings. Demi-maroquin with long-grain blue-night leather, corners, spine with raised bands ornamented, dotted rule along the border of the leather, marbled edges. Period binding. Occasional foxing. Good overall condition.
Paris edition published in the same year as the London original edition. It is illustrated with 2 frontispieces.
In 1826, Princess Elizabeth Craven published her Memoirs under the name of the Margravine of Anspach, a title she acquired after her marriage to the last Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Charles Alexander of Brandenburg. The daughter of the Earl of Berkeley, she had first married Baron Craven. After their divorce, she left England to undertake long travels across Europe, during which she met the Margrave of Anspach. A woman of letters, she began her career with poetry before turning to travel writing. Her Memoirs constitute her final work and provide a retrospective testimony of her life.
Stamp of the Château de Sancerre library on the second flyleaf of each volume.
Nicely bound copy.
Details
Number of books
2
Subject
Biographies and memoirs
Book title
Memoirs of the Margravine of Anspach.
Author/ Illustrator
PRINCESS BERKELEY MARGRAVINE (Elizabeth)
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1826
Height
18.1 cm
Edition
Other edition
Width
11 cm
Language
English
Original language
Yes
Number of pages
566
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