John Sobieski; Charles Edward Stuart
Tales of the Century or Sketches of the Romance of History between the Years 1746 and 1846
Edinburgh, Martin and Company, 1851. Leather. A lovely copy of a very scarce early edition the Sobieski Stuart's unusual historical work, providing dubious evidence of their relationship to Scotland's Bonnie Prince Charlie. A very scarce early edition of this historical work from John Carter Allen and Charles Manning Allen, siblings and pretenders to the Scottish throne, who adopted the Sobieski Stuart name in the late 1830s, claiming their descent Bonnie Prince Charlie.Illustrated with a lithographic frontispiece, and in a bright quarter morocco binding.First published in 1847, within the work the brothers detail three scenes in recent history which, taken together, suggest that their father was the child of Prince Charles Edward Stuart and Louise of Stolberg. The work was swiftly characterised by historians as one of 'solemn self projection', and not based in reality.The final three-hundred pages, are composed of copious historical notes, aiming to prove the voracity of their claims.With the bookplate of J. L. Weir to the front pastedown.A bright copy of a very scarce early edition of this curious work of historical myth. Rebound in quarter morocco, with marbled paper covered boards, and endpapers renewed. Light fading to back strip, otherwise externally fine. Front hinge starting between title page and frontispiece, with board holding firm. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
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