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The Marchioness of Brinvilliers, the Poisoner of the Seventeenth Century. WITH The Duchess of Mazarin:
by SMITH Albert 1816-1860. AND La PORTE, Duchesse Ortensia de
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Farringdon Street, London and 18, Beekman Street, New York. and Paternoster Row. London: G Routledge & Co. WITH James Blackwood, 1856. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. In contemporary half calf with green cloth, some blind tooling, corners and edges a little bumped and worn. Spine relaid, raised bands, gilt tooling, new label with gilt titles to maroon morocco label. Internally, green endpapers, hinges strengthened, text block edges reddened, armorial bookplate of Herbert Henley Richardson to fpd, [2], [1], 8-284, printed by Cox (Bros) and Wyman. WITH, Duchess of Mazarin, [1856], with the publishers leaf, frontis and additional engraved title page, [4], [1], 2-224 pp, 2 pls, not dated but 1856?, number 4 in Blackwoods London Library, printed by M'Corquodale and Co, faint browning to some leaf edges. Uncommon. (155*98 mm). WorldCat lists only 2 copies of this edition in UK institutions. Marchioness of Brinvilliers was first published in 1846, this appears to be the 2nd publication of it, although with a different publisher. (Allibone 2128)
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- Title
- The Marchioness of Brinvilliers, the Poisoner of the Seventeenth Century. WITH The Duchess of Mazarin:
- Author
- SMITH Albert 1816-1860. AND La PORTE, Duchesse Ortensia de
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- G Routledge & Co. WITH James Blackwood
- Place of Publication
- Farringdon Street, London and 18, Beekman Street, New York. and Paternoster Row. London
- Date Published
- 1856
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Weight
- 1.10 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction Brinvilliers Mazarin literature
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