Accession number:
PML 142079
Published:
A Londres : Chez J. Dodsley, 1783.
Description:
xxi, [3], 290, [4] p., [3] leaves of plates : ports. ; 26 cm
Credit:
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes:
An index of names is at the end, p. [291-293].
Hamilton's biography includes an account of the courtship of Philibert de Gramont and his sister Elizabeth Hamilton; also information on court life in both England and France during the reign of Charles II.
Signatures (8vo): a-c⁴ B-2P⁴[P4 is blank].
The three engraved portraits are of the author (frontispiece), Philibert de Gramont, and Elizabeth Hamilton, comtesse de Gramont.
Walpole's notes give additional biographical details.
Binding:
Red morocco, gold-tooled, purple silk doublures, by H. Walther.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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