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[by Green and Martin for] Darton and Clark London, [c.1840] Embracing Conversations on History and the Productions of Nature in Different Countries. By a Clergynman's Widow. Woodcut frontispiece. First Edition (?). 12mo. [163 x 102 x 18 mm]. iv, 194 pp. Original binding of pink watered silk over boards, the covers tooled in gilt with a fillet border and a panel formed by gouges, strings of pearls, a shell tool and arabesque elements with a large royal crown in the centre. Smooth spine lettered and tooled in gilt, pale yellow endleaves, gilt edges. With the errata slip. A fine copy of a rare little book, of which only the British Library copy is recorded on COPAC and NSTC. The author remains anonymous, though the conversations are led by a widow named Mrs Pemberton. It is a book for children, but this copy has the ink stamp of Ernest Augustus (1771-1851) on the verso of the title. He was the fifth son of George III and Queen Charlotte, brother of George IV and William IV and uncle of Queen Victoria. In 1837 he became king of Hanover, and was succeeded by his son, George (1819-1878). The crown on the silk binding is a further indication of royal provenance.

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• ordernr.: ebc2748

• bookseller: George Bayntun (GREAT BRITAIN)