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Verlag: London: Printed for G.G.J. And J.Robinson, 1789., 1789
Anbieter: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Kanada
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 4to. pp. 4 p.l., 327, [1]directions to the binder. with half-title. folding engraved map of the Crimea (frontis.) & 6 engraved plates (1 folding). 19th century half roan (some moderate soiling & wear to binding, endpapers replaced, plates offset, foxing to plates & last few leaves). Second Edition. A vivid account of travels through France, Austria, Poland, Russia, Turkey and Greece, written in the form of letters addressed from Lady Craven to her future husband, the Margrave of Anspach. In Constantinople she stayed with Choiseul-Gouffier, and letter forty-five contains comments on his activities as a collector. "Lady Craven is said to have been the first woman that descended into the grotto of Antiparos." (Cox) She was also a noted dramatist and was greatly admired by Horace Walpole, who printed her comedy 'The Sleepwalker' at the Strawberry Hill Press in 1778. The plates depict the source of the River Kaarasou in the Crimea, a Turkish boat, a Turkish burial ground, the Grotto of the Antiparos, Siphanto, and the Convent of Panacrado from the Bay of Gabrio. Cox I pp. 197-98. NCBEL II 832. cfBlackmer 424. cfRobinson, Wayward Women, pp. 87-88.
Verlag: No place. 'Saturday | 5 Mar 14 i.e, 1814
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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1p, 8vo. On laid paper with watermarked date 1811. In good condition, lightly aged, with stub from mount adhering. In a contemporary hand at head: '0 15', and at foot '5 Mar 14' and 'Margravin Anspach'. The letter reads: 'The Pye alluded to is Calld Paté de Peregeux & must be spelt so | The other is Je detruit Par ma presence - | I destroy by my presence - | indeed Sir, you cannot Oblige me more than to be very minute in any thing that seems doubtfull - | The Black Stone perhaps may suit the Pye being filld with Black Trufles but there is a Place calld Peregeux in France from whence was sent to all Parts of the World those Pyes - | Hopeing C. [Jairman?] will not walk off with C Barclay - | I remain | yours sin | Elizabeth.' The letter certainly relates to the following passage in Lady Craven's 'Memoirs', regarding 'Lord Thurlow, when Chancellor': 'I really believe he preferred tough English salt beef to a pate de Perigueux, and the London porter to the wine of Paris. He frequently remarked to me, " Vous detruisez par votre presence," [.]'. From the nature of the letter it would appear to be a reply to a query made on preparing the manuscript by the publisher of the 'Memoirs', Henry Colburn of New Burlington Street. If that is the case, the dating to '5 Mar 14' would appear to be incorrect, as the 'Memoirs' were published in 1826.
Verlag: 4 June ; no place Brandenburg House Hammersmith, 1800
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
For Lady Craven's colourful life see her entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 8vo. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. Folded four times. Begins: 'Mr. Thomas, I will thank you to send my Carriage by a Western Waggon, immediately here - directed to Hr. S. Highness The Margravine of Anspach Brandenburg house, near Hammersmith, and I hope as I have waited so long for it that it will be a well seasond [sic] Carriage - & reasonable in Price, which if it is, and finish'd to my Satisfaction, you may depend ont that it will not be the last by many which you will make'. In a postscript she writes: 'Pray send it immediately - & if The Conveyance of Waggon is above a week - send it in a more Expeditious way'.