Author: Baroness Deichmann
Title: The Life of Carmen Sylva (Queen of Roumania)
Description: London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Limited, 1890. Cloth. A smart copy of this scarce translated biography of the first Queen of Romania, with illustrations. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, three portraits, one plate, and a fold-out facsimile of handwriting. Collated complete. The life of Elisabeth of Wied, the first queen of Romania as the wife of King Carol I, who was a prolific writer under the name Carmen Sylva. She wrote poems, plays, novels, short stories, essays, collections of aphorisms in German, Romanian, French and English. Translated by Baroness Deichmann, a little-known translator. In the original green cloth binding with gilt. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine and a mark to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot or handling mark. Light spotting to the first and last few pages with minor age toning. Contemporary ink inscription to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Life Carmen Sylva Queen of Romania Deichmann Carmen Sylva Not Stated


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