THE WITS AND BEAUX OF SOCIETY / 2 VOLUMES
London: James Hogg & Sons, 1860. First Edition. Fine Binding. (xii/vii) (322/292) pp. Illustrated from drawings by H. K. Browne and James Godwin, engraved by The Brothers Dalziel. Fine binding: full leather; gilt-decorated; raised bands; marbled endpapers and leaf-ends. 5" x 8". Small bookseller sticker at rear endpapers of Volume I (Gelber Lilienthal, San Francisco). "Grace and Philip Wharton" were the pseudonyms of Katherine and John Thomson, mother and son, who authored the very popular "Queens of Society", featuring a humorous, "gossiping style". This work followed, in which biogrpahical profiles include George Villiers, Count de Grammont, Lord Rochester, Beau Fielding, Beau Nash, William Congreve, Philip, Duke of Wharton, Francois, Duc de la Rochefoucault, Horace Walpole, George Selwynn, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Beau Brummell, Theodore Edward Hook, Sydney Smith and Lord Melbourne, among others. Very Good Plus or better copies (Rubbed, with some minor wear at the spine-ends). Very Good Plus. Item #2956
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