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Letters to the Countess of Ossory; Charles the Second; The Borgias; Gabrielle d'Estrees; Famous Women; Cleopatra: her life and reign; Grammont's Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second; The Love Letters of Mirabeau; Ninon de Lenclos 11 volume set of history in Hatchard's bindings

1911 · 76223 — London: Arthur L. Humphreys 1902-11. 8vo. An 11 volume set of historical works finely bound by Hatchard's in an elegant gilt-decorated morocco. All edges gilt. Bindings very firm; a few minor dark spots to bindings and minimal rubbing. With red and black title pages and bright clean contents; endpapers lightly faded to edges. The 11 volumes comprise: three volumes of Horace Walpole's Letters to the Countess of Ossory; Charles the Second by John Heneage Jesse; The Borgias by Alexandre Dumas; Gabrielle D'Estrees by Adrien Desclozeaux; Famous Women by Brantome; Cleopatra her life and reign by Desire de Bernath; Grammont's Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second by Anthony Hamilton; The Love Letters of Mirabeau; Ninon de Lenclos. A fine beautiful set of historical works. . Near Fine. Gilt-decorated Morocco. 1911. Arthur L. Humphreys 1902-11 unknown