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VICTORIA, Queen of England (1819-1901). Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands from 1848 to 1861, edited by Arthur Helps. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1868. 4°. Half title, wood-engraved frontispiece by Edwin Landseer, plates and vignettes including 2 chromolithographed. Contemporary purple morocco gilt, Royal coat-of-arms stamped in gilt on covers, gilt edges. PRESENTATION COPY, the half title inscribed to Louise Sophie from her great aunt Victoria RI, Balmoral 1899. Also included in the lot is a 6-page autograph letter from Queen Victoria on paper headed Windsor Castle and dated 1878 addressed to "SAR la Princesse Frédérick Charles de Prusse." (2)
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