Passages From The Diaries Of Mrs Philip Lybbe Powys Of Hardwick House, Oxon, AD 1756 to 1808

400pp; two attached, fold-out pedigree family trees to rear (3cm rear in one of the family trees). Red cloth-covered boards; blind embossed border and guilt crest on front, gilt titles on spine. Bumped spine ends. Gilt top edge, outer edge untrimmed; soiling on bottom where block has dropped. Black endpapers, bookplate on front paste down. Previous owner's label on verso of first page. Gutter stretched in various places. Prelim pages foxing. Otherwise, internally neat, clean and bright. No dust. 8vo. Extracts from the diaries and travelling journals of Mrs. Philip Lybbe Powys, nee Caroline Girle, which presents such an accurate picture of life, manners, and customs of the upper class of that period. Tissue protected frontispiece.