Author: Louisa Stuart Costello
Title: The Rose Garden of Persia
Description: London; Edinburgh, T. N. Foulis, 1914. Leather. Louisa Stuart Costello's beautiful collection of Persian poetry, a striking copy complete with chromolithograph illustrations throughout. Bound by Hatchards.Louisa Stuart Costello's charming poetry collection of versions of poems and poem extracts taken from Persia, a lovely collection including the works of Ferdusi, Essedi of Tus, Omar Khiam, Nizami, and more.Illustrated with a chromolithograph frontispiece, chromolithograph title page, three chromolithograph plates, and eleven chromolithograph decorative title pages for the poets.Collated, complete.Part of 'The Rose Garden Series' by T. N. Foulis.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the National Library of Scotland.From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, from her library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire. After being widowed at 25, Audrey married the fabulously wealthy American department store heir, Marshall Field III, later divorcing him and marrying the Honorable Peter Pleydell-Bouverie. In 1940 she bought Julians Park and redesigned the interior. Her library was impressive, with many examples of her own bookbinding.Audrey was an extravagant socialite and renowned beauty, the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII (though she was also rumoured to be his daughter, or the lover of King Edward VIII), featured in the 'Book of Beauty' by Cecil Beaton. She had many high profile friends, such as Winston Churchill, Coco Chanel, Fred Astaire, and Nancy Mitford, a sparkling hostess of the Edwardian period, her hedonistic antics bringing her into the Bright Young Things. In a half calf binding by Hatchards with cloth to the boards. Externally, generally smart. Leather is discoloured with some spotting and a little rubbing. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .
Keywords: The Rose Garden of Persia rose persia persian rose louisa stuart costello Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie Not Stated
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Title: The Rose Garden of Persia
Description: London; Edinburgh, T. N. Foulis, 1914. Leather. Louisa Stuart Costello's beautiful collection of Persian poetry, a striking copy complete with chromolithograph illustrations throughout. Bound by Hatchards.Louisa Stuart Costello's charming poetry collection of versions of poems and poem extracts taken from Persia, a lovely collection including the works of Ferdusi, Essedi of Tus, Omar Khiam, Nizami, and more.Illustrated with a chromolithograph frontispiece, chromolithograph title page, three chromolithograph plates, and eleven chromolithograph decorative title pages for the poets.Collated, complete.Part of 'The Rose Garden Series' by T. N. Foulis.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the National Library of Scotland.From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, from her library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire. After being widowed at 25, Audrey married the fabulously wealthy American department store heir, Marshall Field III, later divorcing him and marrying the Honorable Peter Pleydell-Bouverie. In 1940 she bought Julians Park and redesigned the interior. Her library was impressive, with many examples of her own bookbinding.Audrey was an extravagant socialite and renowned beauty, the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII (though she was also rumoured to be his daughter, or the lover of King Edward VIII), featured in the 'Book of Beauty' by Cecil Beaton. She had many high profile friends, such as Winston Churchill, Coco Chanel, Fred Astaire, and Nancy Mitford, a sparkling hostess of the Edwardian period, her hedonistic antics bringing her into the Bright Young Things. In a half calf binding by Hatchards with cloth to the boards. Externally, generally smart. Leather is discoloured with some spotting and a little rubbing. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .
Keywords: The Rose Garden of Persia rose persia persian rose louisa stuart costello Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie Not Stated
Price: GBP 90.00 = appr. US$ 128.52 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 794P40
- Book number: 794P40
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