Secret Memoirs of the Court of Berlin - or The Character of the King of Prussia, His Ministers, Mistresses, Generals, Courtiers, Favourites and the Royal Family

Mirabeau, Count

Published by The Grolier Society, London, 1904

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SCARCE EDITION DE LUXE LIMITED TO 1,000 COPIES. COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES. Green cloth boards with paper title label which is slightly darkened else clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a decorative bookplate of Partridges and monogram to front endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. Fore and lower edges uncut and some pages unopened. Top edge Gilt. A VERY GOOD + SET. Not dated but British Library has it as 1904. Uniform with The Secret Court Memoirs series. Vol. I- 298 pages; Vol. II - 289 pagesTitle page and etchings on Japan paper. Printed on Grolier watermarked quality paper. 12 very beautiful Original etchings / engravings, tissue protected - Mademoiselle Voss-Original Mezzotint by G.W.H. Ritchie,'She Made Him Sit Down' - Photo-etching from an original drawing by Frank T. Merrill, Joseph II - Photo-etching after painting by Massard, Potsdam, Mirabeau - Etching by E. H. Garrett, Madame Hartfeld - Etching by Mercier, Princess Frederica in Her Boudoir - Photogravure from a celebrated print, Sans Souci, ' A Noise Was Heard at the Door' - Photo-etching of an original drawing by Frank T. Merrill, Madame Reitz - Photogravure from a celebrated print, Calonne - Photo-etching after painting by Mme. Le Brun, Duke of Brunswick - Photo-etching from Versailles Gallery. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY SET OF 1.65 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 1 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 000304

Bibliographic Details

Title: Secret Memoirs of the Court of Berlin - or ...

Publisher: The Grolier Society, London

Publication Date: 1904

Binding: Hard Cover

Illustrator: Mercier, Garret, Merrill

Condition: Very Good TEG

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: Limited.

Book Type: Private Press