Shelfmark
En.4.07(01)
Author
Title
Memoirs of Her late Royal Highness Charlotte Augusta, princess of Wales, &c. : (from infancy to the period of her much lamented death, funeral rites, &c. &c.) and of her illustrious consort Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg Saalfeld; including a variety of anecdotes, hitherto unpublished, with specimens of Her Royal Highness' compositions in prose, poetry, and music, and fac-similes of her hand-writing; comprising also an historical memoir of the house of Saxe-Corburg, Saalfeld. The whole collected and arranged, from authorised sources only, / by Robert Huish, Esq. author of "The Peruvians," &c. &c. Ornamented with interesting engravings.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed for Thomas Kelly, Paternoster-Row., 1818.
Physical description
[2], ii, xv, [1], 696 p., [10] plates : ports., music, fold. facsim. ; 8vo.
Note
With a separate engraved t.p.
Note
"London: Printed by W. Clowes, Northumberland-Court, Strand" (v. of t.p. and colophon).
Note
Signatures: a2 B-4X4.
Note
With footnotes.
Provenance
Inscription facing engraved t.p.: Brandenbourg House near London the 28th of January 1821 - A most sincere gift from her Heart to her Elève Mr William Austin from Her Majesty the Queen (Caroline) of England.
Binding
Contemporary presentation binding; black straight-grain morocco; gold tooled and blind tooled decoration on boards and spine; drab endpapers; gold edges.
Copy-specific note
Copy imperfect: lacks two of the ten plates.
Copy-specific note
Insert: small black-edged memorial card, with verses 'On the death of her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales, who died Nov. 6th 1817'. -- London: Published by R. Miller, 24 Old Fish St.
Copy-specific note
Plates are handcoloured.
Copy-specific note
Plate of the coffins of Princess Charlotte and her stillborn son has fragment of red velvet attached; presumably a cutting from the coffin covering. Pencil annotation: A piece of the velvet that covered the coffin. T Kelly.
Copy-specific note
Bound with: A sacred memorial of her late royal highness Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Wales, and of Saxe-Coburg Saalfeld.
Subject
Charlotte Augusta, 1796 - 1817 Princess of Great Britain,
Added entry--name
Clowes, William, 1779 - 1847 printer.
Added entry--name
Kelly, Thomas publisher.
Added entry--name
Caroline, 1768 - 1821 Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, former owner.
Added entry--name
Austin, William, 1802 - 1846 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B32408