2 volumes. vii, 70; [2], 71-152 pp. + plates. Extra Illustrated, with 133 engraved plates (1 hand-colored), including frontispieces, with steel and copper engravings, etchings, gravures, etc. 12¾x9¾, contemporary full levant brownish-burgundy morocco, spines lettered in gilt, raised bands, inner gilt dentelles over large morocco turn-ins, top edges gilt. First Edition in book form.

Classic biography of the famous royal mistress, originally published in 1851 in "The Gentleman's Magazine."