Letters from Mrs. Delany (Widow of Doctor Patrick Delany,)To Mrs. Francis Hamilton, from the Year 1779, to the Year 1788; comprising Many Unpublished and Interesting Anecdote of their Late Majesties and the Royal Familiy. Third Edition.
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row. 1821.
Small 4to, original paper backed boards; pp. xiii + 106, with aquatint frontis. portrait of the author and plate of facsimile mss. With bookplate of Louise Marie Van der Weyer. Binding distressed, offset from plate affecting title and text pages.
The letters of Mary Delany (1700-88), an English artist, letter-writer, and bluestocking, known for her ''paper-mosaicks'', botanic drawing and her lively correspondence. Her second marriage was to Dr Patrick Delany (1686-1768), an Irish clergyman. After his death Mary spent much time at Bulstrode, the home of her close friend, Margaret Bentinck, Dowager Duchess of Portland, where she met botanist Joseph Banks and the Royal family. Louise Marie Van der Weyer (1851-96), was the daughter of Sylvain van de Weyer (1802-74), a Belgian ambassador at the Court of St James's and later Belgium's 8th Prime Minister. She was a friend of Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria: James Valentine photographed the pair c.1870.
[Ref: 59282] £230.00
Small 4to, original paper backed boards; pp. xiii + 106, with aquatint frontis. portrait of the author and plate of facsimile mss. With bookplate of Louise Marie Van der Weyer. Binding distressed, offset from plate affecting title and text pages.
The letters of Mary Delany (1700-88), an English artist, letter-writer, and bluestocking, known for her ''paper-mosaicks'', botanic drawing and her lively correspondence. Her second marriage was to Dr Patrick Delany (1686-1768), an Irish clergyman. After his death Mary spent much time at Bulstrode, the home of her close friend, Margaret Bentinck, Dowager Duchess of Portland, where she met botanist Joseph Banks and the Royal family. Louise Marie Van der Weyer (1851-96), was the daughter of Sylvain van de Weyer (1802-74), a Belgian ambassador at the Court of St James's and later Belgium's 8th Prime Minister. She was a friend of Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria: James Valentine photographed the pair c.1870.
[Ref: 59282] £230.00