true history state prisoner commonly de ellis hon george agar (8 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. First edition. Pages, textblock in great shape, but leather cover badly worn, with large chip to spine foot.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Second edition. Rebound in half red leather, marbled boards and endpapers. Top of spine has a few small chips and scuffing, other corners scuffed and showing boards, a few small nicks to spine, some moderate creasing along spine gutters. book is still presentable with a very tight binding and clean pages. Photos on request.

1826 / 352 pages. Relié. Editions John Murray. Langue : Anglais. English Reliure frottée, intérieur frais. Bon état.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+. First Edition. Half-calf gilt, brown spine label, marbled boards. Mild rubbing. Foxing is concentrated in first 16 pages, else scattered. Some corner creases. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; viii, 352 pages.

First edition. Publisher's original drab paper-covered boards with printed paper title label to the spine. Page edges untrimmed. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with bumping to the corners and a little chipping and a couple of minor old repairs to the spine. The contents with a touch of occasional light scattered foxing are otherwise in very good order, clean throughout and remain free from any previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. A detailed study of the legendary "Man in the Iron Mask" - the mysterious figure who was held captive by the French government from 1687 until his death in 1703, spending most of that time in the Bastille. Long thought to have been the identical twin brother of Louis XIV, here Agar-Ellis concludes that is was in fact the Italian politician Antonio Ercole Matthioli (1640-1694), who had been arrested for treason after selling state secrets. Providing an account of the legend's history and a narrative of Matthioli's own misadventures, followed by the text of 133 contemporary letters from documents in the French archives, the present work was an important source for Alexandre Dumas in writing his story "The Man in the Iron Mask", which formed the most famous and thrilling adventure in "The Vicomte of Bragelonne", the third and final of "The d'Artagnan Romances" charting the swashbuckling escapades of The Three Musketeers. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. Housed in a signed fine binding by S. Kauffman. 3/4 dark red leather binding over marbled boards with matching marbled end-papers. 5 raised bands with gilt decorative exterior dentelles, top edge gilt. Edges and corners show some general shelf wear, with some rubbing wear to the leather. Solid binding and clean text. Slight foxing to pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket, As Issued. First Edition. First Edition, 1826. Bound in half polished calf over marbled boards. back ornately gilt, ribbon marker, later plain beige end papers. with SCARCE handwritten errata slip tipped at p. 105, reading "p. 105, l. 2 from 6 m. for Carrosa read Canopa". Very Good, a small scrape to calf rear cover, dampstains bottom margins unaffecting text, which is quite clean. An attractive copy. The source for the Alexander Dumas novel "The Man in the Iron Mask". Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Leather. Etat : Very Good Indeed. None (illustrateur). First edition. The uncommon first edition of this sweeping study of the famous 'Iron Mask' prisoner by George A. Ellis, rebound in an attractive modern half morocco biding. The first edition of this work. A detailed study of the enigmatic man who spent many decades confined to the Bastille and other prisons around France and the Fortress of Pignerol in modern Italy. George Agar Ellis attempts to trace the history of the man whose crimes and identity have appealed the interest of many people in time. Extracted from documents in the French archives which provide much insight into the oppressive reign of Louis XIV.Debate among historians concerning the identity of the Iron Man remains alive. He died in 1703 under the name of Marchioly. Most of what is known is based on correspondence between Saint-Mars, jailer who kept the iron man in custody for thirty-four years, and his superiors, reported in the present volume.In the present volume Agar-Ellis concludes the identity to be that of Italian count Ercole Matthiole, who arrested for treason after selling state secrets. The book was an important source for Alexandre Dumas' final instalment of the D'Artagnan saga. Rebound in a charming half morocco binding. With twelve leaves of advertisements. Rebound in a half morocco binding over marbled boards, new endpapers, titles on red morocco label to the spine. Externally lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Minor closed tear to the inner gutter of p. 3 of the advertisements. Minor odd spotting to the odd leaf, otherwise the pages are generally very clean and bright throughout. Very Good Indeed. book.