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- 1841-1844 (Creation)
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201 ff. with insertions (paginated 1-402) ; 255 x 205 mm.
Leather over boards with double gold fillets, blind tooling and remains of brass clasp; 'Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Guest' (stamped in gold on front cover), 'XII' (label on spine), '1841 to 1844' (label on front cover).
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Journal, 29 March 1841-23 June 1844, of Lady Charlotte Guest, at Dowlais, London and Sully, with tours in Belgium and Germany.
Papers loose inside the volume include engraved views of Wesel, [Germany]; a poster, 1830, relating to the 'Swing riots' in Northamptonshire, sent to her stepfather, Rev. Peter W. Pegus; and notes and rough sketches of architectural details, a hand mangle and a domestic iron (10 ff.).
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- English
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English.
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'C. E. Guest March 1841' on fly-leaf.