Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs Delany - With Interesting Reminiscences of King George Third Queen Charlotte

Klappentext The extensive and fascinating correspondence of Mary Delany (1700-88) who was famed for her botanical 'paper mosaics'. Zusammenfassung Mary Delany (née Granville, 1700–88) was famed for her paper-cut botanical illustrations, but she was also a prolific correspondent and knew many of the leading cultural figures of the eighteenth century. This six-volume work, edited by her great-great-niece, Lady Llanover (1802–96), was published in 1861–2. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Autobiography and Correspondence: 1. From the birth of Mary Granville to her first marriage. 1700-17; Letters 1-4; 2. From Mary Granville's marriage with Alexander Pendarves, Esq., of Roscrow, to his death. 1717-24-5. Letters 5-14; 3. From the year of Mr Pendarves's death to Mrs Pendarves's first visit to Ireland; Letters 14-16; 4. Mrs. Pendarves's visit to Ireland. Sept. 1731-April, 1733; Letters 16-18; 5. From Mrs Pendarves's return from her visit to Ireland to the marriage of her sister Mrs Ann Granville. 1733-40; Letter 18.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mary Delany, Delany Mary
• Con la collaborazione di: Augusta Hall (Editore), Hall Augusta (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 08.11.2011
• EAN: 9781108038348
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03834-8
• Pagine: 642
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies; Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs Delany 6 Volume Set
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; England, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, British & Irish history, Literary studies: general