Lady Louisa Stuart: Selections From Her Manuscripts

New York ; London: Harper & Brothers, 1899. First ed. Small quarto in pale green stamped, ornamented and gilt-titles coth; xi, 310 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates: portrait; 21 cm. Deckle fore-edge. A clean, tight, and overall very good copy with mild wear (and neat glue repair) to spine head cloth; traces of neat bookplate removel to front paste-down. Please refere to photos. Hardcover.

Handsomely bound. Stuart, Louisa, Lady, 1757-1851. / Contents: Some account of John, duke of Argyll, and his family. -- Notes to The fairies' frolic. -- Notes to The diamond robe. -- History of The fortunate youth. -- Unpublished letters of Sir Walter Scott and Lady Louisa Stuart. -- Lady Louisa Stuart to Mrs. Lockhart. -- Lady Louisa Stuart to Lady Montagu. -- Appendix I. The fairies' frolic. -- Appendix II. The diamond robe, or The mania. / Nobility -- Great Britain -- Correspondence.  Women political prisoners -- Great Britain -- Correspondence.  Prisonnières politiques -- Grande-Bretagne -- Correspondance.  Women political prisoners.  Nobility. Stuart, Louisa, Lady, 1757-1851.  Stuart, Louisa, Lady, 1757-1851. Sir Walter Scott (correspondent)