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The Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple 1652-54


Dorothy Osborne; Kingsley Hart (editor)


Folio Society 1968

Binding:  Hardback  |  Condition: Good  | 

Letters wrtten by the 17th century aristocrat to her husband, poliican and diplomat Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet. First published in 1888. They tell of the final two years of their fraught courtship before their marriage in 1654, describing their romance and also observations on Love, Literature, Politics and Religion. Decorative cloth. Complete with slipcase. Sunning to spine. Rubbing and toning to slipcase. Contents clean and sound. Good.

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