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Geogiana Cavendish (Spencer) Duchess of Devonshire
Ancestor of the late Lady Diana
Armory Bookplate
Cavendish, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
(1757 -1806)
Georgiana Spencer was the daughter of John, 1st Earl Spencer, and Margaret Georgiana, elder daughter of Stephen Poyntz, of Midgham in Berkshire. She married, on the 5 June 1774, William, 5th Duke of Devonshire. A beautiful and intelligent woman, and a leader of fashion, she was a friend of Gibbon, Sheridan and Charles James Fox, travelled on the Continent (Mount Saint Gothard 1792), and wrote verse. ( 'A POEM' 1792)
Sales of duplicates from the library of William Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire took place at
R.H. Evans 29 May and 24 November 1815.
Seat / Residence(s): Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
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at the Helm
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rare & precious books and fine bindings : litografia : lithographie : lithography
Le Mont Saint Gothard : Poème . Paris (1816) Mount St. Gothard : A POEM .
Paris (1816)
Charles Philibert du Saillant Comte de Lasteyrie
Lithographic Pioneer :
First Lithographic Book printed in Paris Completely lithographed. ( Illustrative Plates full page & Text)
Posthum published by her best friend Lady Elizabeth Foster (Beth)
VANITY BOOK
Only 50 copies printed
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PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY
Their copy
(one of 7 remaining worldwide)
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MICHAEL TWYMAN
Early Lithographed Books (with Illustrations) Cambridge University Press