An Elegant Madness.
Murray, Venetia.
Place Published: New York, N.Y.:
Publisher: Viking Penguin,
Date Published: 1999.
Description: STATED FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. The book and jacket is in FINE condition. NOT price-clipped, NOT remaindered. 316 pages with index plus 16 pages of black and white photos. Comes with a BRODART cover. JMVINTAGE Specializes in Books, Magazines and Treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor...and other curious subjects. The dust jacket reads: "An Elegant Madness is Venetia Murray's captivating social history of the glittering circle of rakes and dandies, ladies and courtesans, pugilists and patrons who peopled this age of glorious paradox.They are extraordinary figures, from Beau Brummel, the Regency's supreme dandy-whose toilette was so excessive that the most privileged society were invited to watch him dresss-to the courtesan Harriette Wilson, whose list of lovers reads like the Social Register, and who gets all the best lines. Is based on Murray's original research in the Royal Archives at Windsor and in the Chatsworth Archives, and makes use of contemporary accounts, diaries, menus, letters, and memoirs from figures as diverse as Princess Lieven, Charles Greville, and a London footman. Is illustrated throughout with rare prints and cartoons, some never before reproduced, and includes the Regency's satirical giants Cruikshank, Gillray, and Rowlandson."
Edition: First editionBinding: Hard Cover
Condition: Fine in Fine dj
ISBN: 067088328X
Book Id: 6425
Price: $18.25
