Author: Comte Antoine Hamilton
Title: Oeuvres Du Comte Antoine Hamilton
Description: Paris, Antoine-Augustine Renouard, 1812. Leather. Antoine (or Anthony) Hamilton (1646 – 21 April 1720) was an Irish classical author of near Scottish ancestry, who wrote in French. In imitation and satiric parody of the romantic tales which Antoine Galland's translation of The Thousand and One Nights had brought into favour in France, Hamilton wrote four ironic and extravagant tales, Le Bélier, Fleur d'Epine, Zeneyde and Les quatre Facardins. Hamilton was also the author of some songs as exquisite in their way as his prose, and interchanged amusing verses with the Duke of Berwick. In the name of his niece, the countess of Stafford, Hamilton maintained a witty correspondence with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Includes bookplates from the personal library of 'Geoffrey Cross, Lord Cross of Chelsea' (December 1904 – August 1989), a British judge, member of the Privy Council, Lord Justice of Appeal and appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary before he was made a life peer with the title 'Baron Cross of Chelsea&apos. Includes a frontispiece portrait of the author and several plates and illustrations within. In French. In half calf bindings with marbled boards. Externally, in very smart condition with just some general shelfwear and slight rubbing to the top and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound, very bright and lightly foxed in places. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Geoffrey Cross Anthony Hamilton Hamilton Parody Anthony Hamilton None


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