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Holland house

Title
Holland house / by Princess Marie Liechtenstein ; with numerous illustrations.
Author
Liechtenstein, Marie, Princess of, 1843-1931
Publication
London : Macmillan and Co., 1874.

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Additional Authors
  • Macmillan & Co., publisher.
  • R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor, printer.
Description
2 volumes : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits; 23 cm
Summary
A history and physical description of the Kensington residence, which was built in 1605 and acquired in 1767 by Henry Fox, the first Baron Holland (1705-1774); in the late eighteenth century, Holland House became a center of social, literary, and political events, with visitors including Jeremy Bentham, Thomas Moore, Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, and Benjamin Disraeli. The text describes various rooms in the house, in addition to the art and some of its antiquities, books, and manuscripts.
Subject
  • Holland House (London, England)
  • 1800-1837
  • Intellectual life
  • Politics and government
  • Great Britain > Politics and government > 1800-1837
  • London (England) > Intellectual life
  • England > London
  • Great Britain
Genre/Form
  • Steel engravings.
  • Wood engravings.
  • lithographs.
  • History
  • Lithographs.
  • Lithographies.
Note
  • At foot of page ii of Volume 1 and Volume 2: "London, published by Macmillan & Co 1873."
  • On final unnumbered page of Volume 1 and Volume 2: "London : R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor, printers, Bread Street Hill."
  • Pagination: Volume 1: xvi, 289 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) -- Volume 2: xi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 255 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates (4 folded).
  • Title vignettes.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN
04034337
OCLC
  • ocn123192653
  • 123192653
  • SCSB-833240
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library