LETTERS OF LADY RACHEL RUSSELL FROM THE MANUSCRIPT IN THE LIBRARY AT WOBURN

Description: LETTERS OF LADY RACHEL RUSSELL; FROM THE MANUSCRIPT IN THE LIBRARY AT WOBURN ABBEY. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, AN INTRODUCTION, VINDICATING THE CHARACTER OF LORD RUSSELL AGAINST SIR JOHN DALRYMPLE, &C Author: Russell, Lady Rachel Title: LETTERS OF LADY RACHEL RUSSELL; FROM THE MANUSCRIPT IN THE LIBRARY AT WOBURN ABBEY. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, AN INTRODUCTION, VINDICATING THE CHARACTER OF LORD RUSSELL AGAINST SIR JOHN DALRYMPLE, &C Publication: London. Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1773 Edition: Second Edition, Corrected Description: Leather-bound. Quarto, 10.75 in. x 8.25 in., pp. lxxii, 216. Contemporary smooth calf. Gilt title on contrasting red label to rebound spine. Corners lightly nudged. Wide margins with marginalia. Previous owner's armorial bookplate (Family Berens) to front pastedown. Light spotting to endpapers. Touch of worming on the fore-edge margin from pp. 126 - endpapers. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. Containing 158 letters from the manuscripts in the Woburn Abbey Library. Lady Rachel Russell was an author and avid letter writer, many of which were published posthumously in 1772. She was a noble woman who played a public and active role in trying to mitigate her husband's punishment and the damage to his reputation when he was arrested and executed for his participation in the Rye House Plot (1683). Through the content discovered in the publication of her letters and the political actions Lady Russell took throughout her widowhood, she has been celebrated as a highly accomplished and virtuous woman. (from The New Historia)Bookplate of H. and Mn. Berens. Seller ID: 84830 Aardvark Rare Books Eugene, OR We work hard to make your Bookbuying Experience safe, easy and fun. Aardvark Books is a proud member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America) and IOBA, Independent Online Booksellers Association. Ezra is also an accredited and Qualified Appraiser of Books and Manuscripts, with a designation from the ASA (American Society of Appraisers), with considerable Archive experience as well. Shipping All books shipped to US destinations are sent via the US Postal Service. Faster shipping is available, please ask before paying. We will combine shipping on items purchased at the same time in order to help reduce costs. International shipping is also available. Please inquire for a shipping quote before ordering.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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