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Memoirs of Sophia Dorothea, Consort of George I: Chiefly from the Secret Archives of Hanover, Brunswick, Berlin, and Vienna; including a Diary of the Conversations of Illustrious Personages of those Courts, Illustrative of her history, with letters and other documents
by Williams, Robert Folkestone; Sophia Dorothea, Consort of George I, King of Great Britain
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
London: Henry Colburn, 1845. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes: [1], xxiii, [1], 452 p., frontispiece portrait; [1], vii, 452 p., frontispiece portrait; 23 cm. Contemporary half red morocco with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled title in second compartment and volume in third, with "1845" at tail. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers in gilt and blue, matching boards. Published anonymously but attributed to Robert Folkestone Williams (approx. 1805-1872). The life of Sophia Dorothea (1666-1726), Consort of George I, before he became King of Great Britain. Forced to marry her cousin George Louis, she bore him three children before he divorced her and imprisoned her in the Castle of Ahlden, where she spent the rest of her life. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; spines lightly sunned; frontispiece portraits are foxed; text has minimal marginal foxing and soiling; a solid and attractive set.
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- Title
- Memoirs of Sophia Dorothea, Consort of George I: Chiefly from the Secret Archives of Hanover, Brunswick, Berlin, and Vienna; including a Diary of the Conversations of Illustrious Personages of those Courts, Illustrative of her history, with letters and other documents
- Author
- Williams, Robert Folkestone; Sophia Dorothea, Consort of George I, King of Great Britain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry Colburn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1845
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- Biography & Autobiography; Women's History & Biography; European History;
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Gilt
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- Tail
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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