Shelfmark
Icc4.1.08
Author
Title
Memoirs of George the Fourth : descriptive of the most interesting scenes of his private and public life, and the important events of his memorable reign, with characteristic sketches of all the celebrated men who were his friends and companions as a prince, and his ministers and counsellors as a monarch / compiled from authentic sources, and documents in the king's library in the British museum, &c by Robert Huish ...
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for T. Kelly, Paternoster-Row, Fisher, Son, and P. Jackson, Newgate-Street, Jones and Co., Temple of the Muses, Finsbury-Square, and G. Vitue, Ivy-Lane, MDCCCXXX [1830]
Physical description
2 v. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
Note
Added title page, engraved, dated 1831.
Note
Parts of vol 1 follow verbatim the anonymous work: "Memoirs of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales", 2nd ed. London, 1808.
Note
Includes index.
Provenance
Ms. inscription: "Frank [?]Corthorn, a literary admirer of Thackeray, acquired this book in 1969".
Provenance
Booklpate of Lady Constance Leslie with ms. inscription: "Constance Leslie, bought at Bath, May 1892, in Memory of my friend W. Thackeray to whom these volumes once belonged ..."
Provenance
Blind stamp on title-page of W. M. Thackeray.
Provenance
Bookseller's label (B. & J. F. Meehan, Bath).
Binding
19th century brown calf half-binding with purple velvet over spine and marbled paper boards.
Copy-specific note
Vol 1 only.
Copy-specific note
Ms. illegible signature at the top of front free endpaper.
Copy-specific note
Ms. annotation on p. 480 in Lady Constance Leslie's hand.
Copy-specific note
Ms. annotations - pp. 126-133.
Subject
George, 1762 - 1830 IV, King of Great Britain,
Subject
Great Britain History George IV, 1820-1830.
Subject
Great Britain History George III, 1760-1820.
Added entry--name
Kelly, Thomas publisher.
Added entry--name
Virtue, George, 1793? - 1868 publisher.
Added entry--name
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811 - 1863 former owner.
Added entry--name
Leslie, Constance, 1836 - 1925 former owner.
Added entry--name
Fisher, Son, & Co. publisher.
Added entry--name
Jones and Co. publisher.
Added entry--name
B. & J. F. Meehan bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B28436