Author: Henry Greville; Viscountess Enfield
Title: Leaves from the Diary of Henry Greville
Description: London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1883-1884. First edition. Leather. An extra illustrated first edition of the diaries of Henry Greville, with a signed letter from editor Viscountess Enfield, Greville's niece. The scarce first editions of both the first and second series of this work, in a half morocco signed bindings by Riviere.Tipped in to a front blank of volume I is a signed letter by Viscountess Enfield, the editor of the work and the author's own niece.Dated 1883, her letter reads 'Sir, I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter which was forwarded to me by Smith and Elder today.I do not think there is any portrait of Mr Henry Greville [..] lithographer or engraved in existence at present: I could perhaps supply you with a photograph of him if that. Would do as well, though there are not any very good ones.I remain, sir, yours faithfully&apos.Extra illustrated: volume I with sixty-two plates, and volume II with sixty-two plates also. These largely consist of portraits. His diaries hold importance as an historical authority from the author's position at Paris between 1834 and 1844. At the time, he was attaché to the British embassy in Paris. Greville was an aristocrat and notes diarist, who held the post of gentleman usher at courtWith the morocco bookplate of W.A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey to each front pastedown. He founded Foyles bookshop in 1903 alongside his brother. He purchased Beeleigh Abbey during the Second World War, an impressive twelfth century monastery in Essex. Beeleigh housed his library, one of the largest private libraries in England. In signed half morocco, with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, fine. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Letter tipped in to front blank of volume I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright, with only the odd spot to plate perimeters. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .
Keywords: Henry William Greville Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville Viscountess Enfield riviere Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville beeleigh abbey Not Stated
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Title: Leaves from the Diary of Henry Greville
Description: London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1883-1884. First edition. Leather. An extra illustrated first edition of the diaries of Henry Greville, with a signed letter from editor Viscountess Enfield, Greville's niece. The scarce first editions of both the first and second series of this work, in a half morocco signed bindings by Riviere.Tipped in to a front blank of volume I is a signed letter by Viscountess Enfield, the editor of the work and the author's own niece.Dated 1883, her letter reads 'Sir, I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter which was forwarded to me by Smith and Elder today.I do not think there is any portrait of Mr Henry Greville [..] lithographer or engraved in existence at present: I could perhaps supply you with a photograph of him if that. Would do as well, though there are not any very good ones.I remain, sir, yours faithfully&apos.Extra illustrated: volume I with sixty-two plates, and volume II with sixty-two plates also. These largely consist of portraits. His diaries hold importance as an historical authority from the author's position at Paris between 1834 and 1844. At the time, he was attaché to the British embassy in Paris. Greville was an aristocrat and notes diarist, who held the post of gentleman usher at courtWith the morocco bookplate of W.A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey to each front pastedown. He founded Foyles bookshop in 1903 alongside his brother. He purchased Beeleigh Abbey during the Second World War, an impressive twelfth century monastery in Essex. Beeleigh housed his library, one of the largest private libraries in England. In signed half morocco, with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, fine. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Letter tipped in to front blank of volume I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright, with only the odd spot to plate perimeters. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .
Keywords: Henry William Greville Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville Viscountess Enfield riviere Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville beeleigh abbey Not Stated
Price: GBP 640.00 = appr. US$ 913.91 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 913F31D
- Book number: 913F31D
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