La Fin d'un Dandy. George Brummell à Caen. Discours lu à la Séance publique de la Société des Antiquaires de Normandie le 9 Décembre 1897.
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Henri Delesques, Caen., 1898. First edition. Octavo. 39 pages. Wrappers. Two tissue-guarded plates, one of which is the portrait frontispiece and the other a photograph of Beau Brummell's tomb. The author recounts the final days of the dandy now penniless, and insane from syphilis. His precipitate fall from the grace was set in motion partly by a falling-out with his former close friend the Prince Regent (during which Brummell uttered the immortal phrase, ''Alvanley, who's your fat friend?'') and partly by his intemperate gambling.Covers slightly dusty with some small nicks at the edges. Very good. Scarce.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- La Fin d'un Dandy. George Brummell à Caen. Discours lu à la Séance publique de la Société des Antiquaires de Normandie le 9 Décembre 1897.
- Author
- DANDYISM. CONTADES, Comte G. de
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Henri Delesques, Caen.
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- dandyism dandies
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