1889 MEMOIRS COUNT GRAMMONT 2VLS LTHR 113 ILLS #751 CPY
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(PICS BELOW DESCRIPTION) MEMOIRS OF COUNT GRAMMONT Anthony Hamilton, Edited by Sir Walter Scott; 1889; First Edition Thus; London, John C. Nimmo; Profusely Illustrated by L. Boisson, C. Delort, (Extra Illustrated); Full Leather; Brentano's Bindery Co.; 396 Total Pages; 7.6"x 10.4"; Very Rare; NO RESERVE!!! Great for any History/Biography/Royalty Fan or Collector. Excellent on a Shelf, Complete in Two Volumes!!! Only 780 Copies Issued for England and America, This Set Being #751; Seen selling for over $900.00!!! Attributes: Two Gorgeous, sleek Full Green Leather Cover Designs bound by Brentano's with gold borders, ornate gold bindings, gold gilding to cover/inner cover edges, gold page edges, maroon end pages with Two Lovely Frontispieces; 33 Etchings Laid down on Inida Paper and 80 other Brilliant Portrait and Views/Places Illustrations throughout, some pasted on, with a Great Two-Page Plate and Foldout, and a Fascinating Read; Impressive Sizes and Craftsmanship!!! Background: Philibert, comte de Gramont ( 1621 – 10 January 1707), the subject of the famous Mémoirs , came of a noble Gascon family, said to have been of Basque origin He was eighty years old when he supplied his brother-in-law, Antoine Hamilton , with the materials for his, Mémoires . Hamilton said that they had been dictated to him, but no doubt he was the
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