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Duke of Devonshire and Lord and Lady Granville (his brother-in-law and sister)

  

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Duke of Devonshire and Lord and Lady Granville (his brother-in-law and sister) : 

Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 12 August 1818: 'Yesterday evening Granville [husband], Hart [her brother, the Duke of Devonshire] and I looked over books. A beautiful edition of Camoens, brown and gold, with D. and the coronet inlaid in diamonds. It is like a book in a fairy tale. The Duchess of Devonshire's editions of Horace's journey. The prints are from beautiful drawings, one by herself.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Duke of Devonshire and Lord and Lady Granville (his brother-in-law and sister)     Print: Book

  

Duke of Devonshire and Lord and Lady Granville (his brother-in-law and sister) : 

Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 12 August 1818: 'Yesterday evening Granville [husband], Hart [her brother, the Duke of Devonshire] and I looked over books. A beautiful edition of Camoens, brown and gold, with D. and the coronet inlaid in diamonds. It is like a book in a fairy tale. The Duchess of Devonshire's editions of Horace's journey. The prints are from beautiful drawings, one by herself.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Duke of Devonshire and Lord and Lady Granville (his brother-in-law and sister)     Print: Book

  

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