More letters from Martha Wilmot : impressions of Vienna, 1819-1829, relating her experiences in the brilliant cosmopolitan society of Vienna as the wife of the Rev. William Bradford, chaplain to the British embassy, during a period when Austria was the political and social centre of Europe, and including a journal of a tour in Italy and the Tyrol, and extracts from the diary of her elder daughter Catherine for 1829
1935, First Edition. London : Macmillan and Co. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked blue cloth boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age, small scuff to front board fore-edge. Evidence of a removed label to both sides of front board, as from library deaccessioning. Faint foxing to title page. Core text block is tight, bright and clean; remains well-preserved overall. Item #460749
Physical description; xlvii, 339 pages, [9] leaves of plates : frontispiece, illustrations, portraits, genealogical table ; 23 cm. Notes; Edited with an introduction and notes by the Marchioness of Londonderry (Edith Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart) and H. M. Hyde (Harford Montgomery Hyde). Includes extracts from the diary of her daughter Catherine Bradford (1808-1876). Includes index. Subjects; Wilmot, Martha 1775-1873 Correspondence. Bradford, Martha Wilmot 1775-1873. Bradford, Catherine 1808-1876 Diaries. British Austria Vienna History 19th century. Vienna (Austria) Social life and customs 19th century. Austria Court and courtiers History 19th century. Austria Description and travel 19th century. Italy Description and travel 19th century. Tyrol (Austria) Description and travel 19th century. Women travelers Europe Biography.
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