Robinson, Mary; Davenport, Hester

THE PRINCE'S MISTRESS: A life of Mary Robinson.

Pp. xiv+274, 8 plates, pictorial tailpiece, appendix, notes, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Sutton Publishing Limited, Thrupp, Stroud, 2004. First edition. *'Mary Robinson was the first mistress of George IV. She was also the woman who was hailed as the "English Sappho", painted by Reynolds and Gainsborough, and employed as an actress by Sheridan' [wrapper blurb]. Item #179546

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