Property of a lady - BROADLEY, Alexander Meyrick - 'The Boyh...

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Property of a lady - BROADLEY, Alexander Meyrick - 'The Boyhood of a Great King 1851-1858, Extra-Illustrated by the Addition of Many Contemporary Caricatures, Portraits and Views. Collected in the Years 1911, 1912 & 1913, by Alfred Brewis, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne' - a 'Grangerized' or 'Grangerised' folio volume, finely bound by Cedric Chivers of Bath, 19.5 by 14.2ins. (49.5 by 36cms.) (overall, excluding blue cloth slipcase), a lavish collection of contemporary caricatures, views and portraits relating to the early years of Kind Edward VII including 23 colour plates from the book 'A Memorial of the Marriage of H.R.H. Albert Edward Prince of Wales and H.R.H. Alexandra Princess of Denmark', by Robert Charles Dudley, published in 1864 , also many contemporary albumen print photographs of British and European Royalty, Vanity Fair Spy cartoons, etc.. Footnote - Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847-1916) was a British author, barrister, collector and social figure, known for defending Ahmed 'Urabi after the Urabi Revolt. Broadley penned numerous historical works later in life, particularly regarding Napoleon and his era. Among the works he authored or co-authored are 'Napoleon and the Invasion of England: The Story of the Great Terror' (London, 1908); 'Nelson’s Hardy: His Life, Letters and Friends' (London, 1909); 'Dumouriez and the Defence of England against Napoleon' (London, 1909); 'Napoleon in Caricature 1795-1821' (London, 1911); and 'Napoleon in Exile' (London, 1914). Broadley was known as a celebrated grangeriser (or extra-illustrator) of books, and one of his greatest achievements was the creation, with the assistance of Daniell, of an extra-illustrated set of Rose’s 'Life of Napoleon I' and Rosebery’s 'Napoleon. The Last Phase', by inlaying and extending the works from three octavo to twenty-eight folio volumes with engravings, portraits, manuscripts, autograph letters, etc. over a period of four years. This monumental work was bought by George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston at the auction of Broadley’s library held in four sales between 1916 and 1918, and Curzon later bequeathed the set to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Footnote Two - Alfred Brewis was a shipowner in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.