The Literature of Society.

WHARTON, Grace.

$850.00

Item Number: 145231

London: Tinsley Brothers, 1862.

First edition of this collection of observations on the literature of European historical figures. Octavo, two volumes bound in full crushed levant morocco by Bayntun Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and wide triple gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by Bayntun Bindery and Stuart Kidd, marbled endpapers all edges gilt, ribbons bound in, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait to each volume, extra-illustrated with numerous tissue-guarded engravings. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. An exceptional example.

Katherine Thompson was an English writer, novelist, and historian who published 'The Queens of Society,' 'The Wits and Beaux of Society,' and 'The Literature of Society,' under the pseudonym Grace Wharton. Enclosed in the book are Grace Wharton's observations on the literary works of historical figures.