Memoirs Of Mrs. Fitzherbert; With An Account Of Her Marriage With H.R.H. The Prince Of Wales Afterwards King George The Fourth

London: Richard Bentley, 1856. First edition. Hardcover. Three quarter brown morocco, marbled boards and matching marbled endpapers. Fine. 202 pages. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Mrs. Fitzherbert, a Catholic widow secretly married the Prince of Wales in 1785. George later denied it and married Princess Christina prompting something of a scandal and a good deal of "blimey". Mrs. Fitzpatrick buried two husbands who succumbed to illness before she reached the age of twenty five. Interior contents pristine. Bound by Zaensdorf, raised bands, spine panels decorated in gilt floral motifs.