Duke Christian of Luneburg; or, Tradition from the Hartz
by Porter, Jane
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very good in nineteenth-century brown half calf, marbled paper boards, gilt rules, joints rubbed, and hinges just starting.
- Seller
-
Haddonfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
"His Majesty George IV was so pleased with [her prior work] that he requested Miss Porter to take for her next hero his great ancestor, Duke Christian of Luneburg. . . she complies, of course, with His Majesty's gracious request. . . The king furnished her with the documents, and declared that the 'work had been completed according to his fullest wishes.'" Appleton, The Novel of the Eighteenth Century (1880, pg. 55-56).
3 vols. 12mo. viii, 357pp., [1]; [1], 416pp.; [1], 402pp., [6, ads]; half titles wanting. Wolff 5605. Garside 1824:77.
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- Bookseller
- Nelson Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 324
- Title
- Duke Christian of Luneburg; or, Tradition from the Hartz
- Author
- Porter, Jane
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in nineteenth-century brown half calf, marbled paper boards, gilt rules, joints rubbed, and hinges just starting.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1824
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