Mairobert Pidansat Drawings Sir William (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Sir William Russell Flint Drawings (illustrator). No dust jacket, decorated pink cover has light fading, spine slant, end page foxing, otherwise without flaw. First published in London in 1775, the Anecdotes sur la Comtesse de Barry, mistress to Louis XV, enjoyed great success in Paris and Versailles, where the ban against them merely increased public demand. The present volume follows the English version published in London in 1777, which as an eighteenth-century translation preserves the style and feeling of the original. Edited with an introduction by Eveline Cruickshanks. Stylish nudes by Sir William Russell Flint.

First Folio Society edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue and pink and silver star cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 167 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. In Very Good condition, no slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. FOLIO SOCIETY.

Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Glassine Dustwrapper. Illustrated with Seven Coloured Drawings By Sir William Russell Flint (illustrator). First Edition. All books outside UK sent airmail. All books outside UK and over £40 sent tracked and inside UK sent signed for. Paypal accepted. All drawings are present and listed. Original silk quarter bound patterned boards. The glassine dustwrapper which is a little worn and is chipped and creased.