Mary Howitt [editor] - Biographical Sketches of the Queens of Great Britain from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of Victoria, or, the Royal Book of Beauty

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1851. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this insightful study on the Queen of Great Britain from English poet Mary Howitt, bound by J. Wright. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-eight plates of highly finished portraits on steel. Collated complete. A collection of detailed and comprehensive memoirs or biographical sketches of the Queens of Great Britain from the Norman Conquest to the reign of Queen Victoria. With fascinating histories of these important women, including: Matilda of Flanders, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Joanna of Navarre, Elizabeth of York, Mary I, Elizabeth I, Caroline of Brunswick, and Queen Victoria, amongst others. Edited by Mary Howitt, an English poet and editor, best known as the author of the famous poem The Spider and the Fly. Bound by J. Wright. Bound in red crushed morocco with gilt. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Further spotting to the first and last few pages with light age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscriptions to the front endpaper. Bound by J. Wright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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