Bourke, Richard Southwell: St. Petersburg and Moscow: A Visit to the Court of the Czar [2 Vols in 1]

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Bourke, Richard Southwell : St. Petersburg and Moscow: A Visit to the Court of the Czar [2 Vols in 1]

Henry Colburn, London, 1846

8vo. x,274; 276pp. Original full black leather binding with blind-stamped ornate borders and devices. Gilt titles and bands. Fine decorative patterned period end-papers. A lovely tight and clean copy. A.e.g. LONG INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR. 'To Eliot Warburton as a token of gratitude for that kind interest and valuable advice to which the following pages owe what ever merit they possess - Palmerston October 25th 1846. Eliot Warburton was the eminent travel writer and Palmerston the counrty seat of Bourke in Ireland. Written in a bold scrawling hand with corrections! BOURKE, RICHARD SOUTHWELL, sixth Earl of Mayo (1822-1872), viceroy and governor-general of India, was the eldest son of Robert Bourke, fifth earl of Mayo. Bookbinders paper label ticket 'Wm. T. Boland, Late C. Cummings, 42 Mary St. BOOK BINDER'. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: hardcover

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