Vie De Jacques Ii Roi Dangleterre Dapres Les Memoires Ecrits De Sa Propre Main A Laquelle On A Joint

by Reverend James S Clarke

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First edition

Paris: Chez Arthus Bertrand, 1819. First edition in French first published in English, London, 1816 . 8vo. 4 volumes: 4 , lxxiv, 309; 4 , 346; 4 , 432; 4 , 517 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait to volume one. This work contains a portion of the king's autobiography, the original of which is now lost. Some controversy exists over who actually wrote the book and it is variously attributed to a number of authors; Clarke 1766-1834 , the biographer of Lord

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