Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as Related By Herself in Conversations With Her Physician; Comprising Her Opinions and Anecdotes of Some of the Most Remarkable Persons of Her Time. (3 volumes) [and] Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope Narrated by Her Physician. (3 volumes)(7 volumes total)

Stanhope, Lady Heste and Charles Lewis Meryon.

Published by Henry Colburn. 1845 ; 1846, London., 1845

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The travels and memoirs of the famous eccentric English woman traveler in Syria, Palestine and Lebanon, in six uniformly bound volumes. Included is a good copy of the 1928 Viking edition of Martin Armstrong's biography of Stanhope. Heavy set, will require extra shipping. weight: 7.8 lb. Very good, light wear to joints, small scar to front cover of volume three of Travels, moderate foxing to endpapers and preliminaries, otherwise near fine, tight and unmarked. Engraved frontispieces, frontis is hand-colored in volume one of Memoirs. 12mo., 20x12.5 cm. xviii, 394: vi, 384; vii, 361, [1] : xix, 372ix, 400, viii, 423 pp. Uniformly bound in contemporary half black morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, spine is in 6 panels, gilt spine decorations and titles, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Seller Inventory # 355489

Bibliographic Details

Title: Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as ...

Publisher: Henry Colburn. 1845 ; 1846, London.

Publication Date: 1845

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: First editions.