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GRONOW, Rees Howell (1794-1865). The Reminiscences and Recollections ... being the Anecdotes of the Camp, Court, Clubs, and Society 1810-1860, London: John C. Nimmo, 1889.
2 vols extended to 4, large 8° (252 x 160mm). Special additional titles, 25 each in two states, coloured and uncoloured, engraved plates by Joseph Grego, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with ca. 300 engraved views and portraits, some hand-coloured, several autograph letters etc., most inlaid and mounted to size. (Occasional light spotting). Dark green morocco gilt by L. Broca, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges.
Number 39 of 870 copies of Gronow's Reminiscences, this copy specially extra-illustrated with views and caricatures, many of Parisian life, notes and ALS from Thiers, Marshall Soult and Fanny Kemble, and several sketches of the Battle of Waterloo. (4)
2 vols extended to 4, large 8° (252 x 160mm). Special additional titles, 25 each in two states, coloured and uncoloured, engraved plates by Joseph Grego, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with ca. 300 engraved views and portraits, some hand-coloured, several autograph letters etc., most inlaid and mounted to size. (Occasional light spotting). Dark green morocco gilt by L. Broca, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges.
Number 39 of 870 copies of Gronow's Reminiscences, this copy specially extra-illustrated with views and caricatures, many of Parisian life, notes and ALS from Thiers, Marshall Soult and Fanny Kemble, and several sketches of the Battle of Waterloo. (4)
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