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The true history of the state prisoner, commonly called the Iron Mask, extracted from documents in the French archives. By the Hon. George Agar Ellis. Second edition.
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Ellis, George James Welbore Agar, Baron Dover (1797--1833)
The true history of the state prisoner, commonly called the Iron Mask, extracted from documents in the French archives. By the Hon. George Agar Ellis. Second edition.
London (Place), John Murray,, 1827.
[4], viii, 352 p. ; 18.4 cm. (8º)
First published in 1826. 'The Iron Mask' was the name given to a prisoner arrested as Eustache Dauger in 1669, held in a number of jails until his death in 1703 under the name of Marchioly, during the reign of Louis XIV of France. There have been many theories as to his identity; that proposed by George Agar-Ellis, one of the founders of the National Gallery and a President of the Royal Society for Literature, identified him with Count Ercole Antonio Mattioli, Secretary of the Duke of Mantua.
Copy Notes Inscribed in ink on the title-page John Soane Esqr / RA / from the Author. With an ALs tipped in before the front free-endpaper Spring Gardens / May 10 1827 / My dear Sir / I send with this a copy / of the second Edition of my / history of the Iron Mask, which / I trust you will do me the / favour to accept, though I am / aware it hardly deserves a / place in your library. - / I remain / yr very humble serv[an]t / G. Agar Ellis/.
Binding C19th russia, gilt-tooled borders, diced boards, gilt double-ruled spine, gilt-lettered, marbled edges. Bound by Edwin Hutchinson for 4s., 5 January 1830. (Archives 7/14/40).
Reference Number 4610
Additional Names Hutchinson, Edwin; Mattioli, Ercole Antonio (1640--1703); Iron Mask; Ellis, George James Welbore Agar, Baron Dover (1797--1833)
The true history of the state prisoner, commonly called the Iron Mask, extracted from documents in the French archives. By the Hon. George Agar Ellis. Second edition.
London (Place), John Murray,, 1827.
[4], viii, 352 p. ; 18.4 cm. (8º)
First published in 1826. 'The Iron Mask' was the name given to a prisoner arrested as Eustache Dauger in 1669, held in a number of jails until his death in 1703 under the name of Marchioly, during the reign of Louis XIV of France. There have been many theories as to his identity; that proposed by George Agar-Ellis, one of the founders of the National Gallery and a President of the Royal Society for Literature, identified him with Count Ercole Antonio Mattioli, Secretary of the Duke of Mantua.
Copy Notes Inscribed in ink on the title-page John Soane Esqr / RA / from the Author. With an ALs tipped in before the front free-endpaper Spring Gardens / May 10 1827 / My dear Sir / I send with this a copy / of the second Edition of my / history of the Iron Mask, which / I trust you will do me the / favour to accept, though I am / aware it hardly deserves a / place in your library. - / I remain / yr very humble serv[an]t / G. Agar Ellis/.
Binding C19th russia, gilt-tooled borders, diced boards, gilt double-ruled spine, gilt-lettered, marbled edges. Bound by Edwin Hutchinson for 4s., 5 January 1830. (Archives 7/14/40).
Reference Number 4610
Additional Names Hutchinson, Edwin; Mattioli, Ercole Antonio (1640--1703); Iron Mask; Ellis, George James Welbore Agar, Baron Dover (1797--1833)