MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF COLONEL HUTCHINSON.

HUTCHINSON, LUCY.

(London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1810). 212 x 130 mm. (8 3/8" x 5 1/4"). Two volumes. Edited by Rev. Julius Hutchinson. Third Edition.

Appealing contemporary olive green calf, covers with gilt floral roll and fillet borders, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with fleuron cornerpieces, black morocco labels with gilt titling. Volume I with frontispiece engraving of Colonel Hutchinson, Volume II with frontispiece engraving of Mrs. Lucy Hutchinson, foldout plan of Nottingham Castle, and engraved plate of Nottingham Castle. Volume one with foldout genealogical table of the families of Hutchinson and Apsley, and foldout facsimile of Mrs. Hutchinson's handwriting. ◆Spines slightly faded to olive brown, a few scattered stains internally, other trivial imperfections, but generally an excellent, fresh copy of "one of the great English biographies" and "an important source for historians" of the Restoration. (DNB).
(ST14729i)

Price: $500.00