The Life of Mrs. Jordan, Including Original Private Correspondence, and Numerous Anecdotes of Her Contemporaries

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London: Edward Bull, 1831. SEE PHOTOS. Beautifully bound with black leather spine and corners over marbled paper-covered boards. The binding is in Fine condition Spine with five raised bands and 6 compartments brightly gilt tooled/lettered. Handsome marbled endpapers. SEE PHOTOS. Internally Very Good. Light foxing on only a few pages. 2 volumes complete, bound as one. 5.5" wide by 8" tall. Previous owner's name in light pencil (easily erased). Sharp corners. Pages are clean and unmarked. Illustrated with frontispieces: an engraved portrait of her in Vol. 1 and folding facsimile letter in Vol. 2. The best biography of the actress Dorothy Jordan (1762-1816), who, according to the DNB "excelled every performerÂ… on the English stage." "As an actress in comedy Mrs. Jordan can have had few equals" and her "singing was like the twang of Cupid's arrow." Leigh Hunt, after praising her artless vivacity, said: "Mrs. Jordan seems to speak with all her soul; her voice, piquant with melody, delights the earÂ… (Critical Essays p. 163). Lamb's praise is no less high. Byron declared her superb. Sir Joshua Reynolds prefered her to all actresses of his time. Her domestic life caused much scandal, including an illegitimate daughter, and as mistress of the Duke of Clarence, later King William IV with whom she had 10 children before being unceremoniously dumped. NCBEL III, 1127. Lowndes p. 223. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. Illus. by [FINE LEATHER BINDING]. 8vo. xvi, 368pp. + xiv, 364pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. N° de ref. del artículo 025495

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