VICTORIA BRINGING UP THE REAR
A Brief Account of the coronation of his majesty, george iv. July 19, 1821.
London.
Printed for D. Walther, 1821.
First edition.
8vo.
[2], 32pp. With a stipple engraved portrait frontispiece, six aquatint plates by W. Read, and a line engraved illustration of the regalia.
[Bound with:] Official Programme: coronation of Queen Victoria. Single leaf broadside. Dimensions 390 x 490 mm. [London]. Orlando Hodgson, [1838]. Letterpress text in three columns within an engraved border, including the order of the procession from St James's Palace to Westminster Abbey, and the order of the procession within the Abbey. Laid-down, slight loss at old folds.
[And:] [An aquatint plate depicting Victoria in her coronation robes]. [s.i.] [s.n.], [s.d., 1838?]
[And:] [An engraved depiction of the coronation procession of Victoria, and an engraved illustration of the interior of Westminster Abbey, apparently extracted from a contemporary newspaper].
Later red half-morocco, red cloth boards, tooled and lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked. Offsetting to title, very occasional light spotting.
[Bound with:] Official Programme: coronation of Queen Victoria. Single leaf broadside. Dimensions 390 x 490 mm. [London]. Orlando Hodgson, [1838]. Letterpress text in three columns within an engraved border, including the order of the procession from St James's Palace to Westminster Abbey, and the order of the procession within the Abbey. Laid-down, slight loss at old folds.
[And:] [An aquatint plate depicting Victoria in her coronation robes]. [s.i.] [s.n.], [s.d., 1838?]
[And:] [An engraved depiction of the coronation procession of Victoria, and an engraved illustration of the interior of Westminster Abbey, apparently extracted from a contemporary newspaper].
Later red half-morocco, red cloth boards, tooled and lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked. Offsetting to title, very occasional light spotting.
An anonymous, contemporary and unashamedly patriotic account of the coronation, on 19th July, 1821, of George IV (1762-1830). The ceremony was a superbly extravagant pageant that cost a staggering £230,000. The banquet at Westminster Hall, more so than the coronation itself, was a supremely lavish affair attended by over 2,000 guests. The pamphlet tactfully neglects to record the exclusion of the king's estranged wife Caroline of Brunswick from the event, nor her desperate attempts to gain access to Westminster Abbey and be crowned consort.
OCLC and COPAC together record copies at four locations in the British Isles (Cambridge, Lambeth, Oxford, and Society of Antiquaries), and a further seven worldwide (Amherst, GTS, Harvard, Mannheim, NLI, Northwestern, Trinity (Texas), and Yale).
Two copies of the broadside programme of the coronation procession of Victoria are recorded, both in North America (Massachusetts Historical Society and Morgan).
£ 750.00
Antiquates Ref: 27788
OCLC and COPAC together record copies at four locations in the British Isles (Cambridge, Lambeth, Oxford, and Society of Antiquaries), and a further seven worldwide (Amherst, GTS, Harvard, Mannheim, NLI, Northwestern, Trinity (Texas), and Yale).
Two copies of the broadside programme of the coronation procession of Victoria are recorded, both in North America (Massachusetts Historical Society and Morgan).
