FREER, Martha Walker (1822-1888). A uniformly bound set of her works, all London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, FIRST EDITIONS, comprising:

Marguerite D'Angouleme. 1854. 2 volumes. -- Jeanne D'Albret. 1855. 2 volumes. -- Elizabeth de Valois. 1857. 2 volumes. -- Henry III. King of France and Poland. 1858. 3 volumes. -- History of the Reign of Henry IV. 1860. 2 volumes. -- Henry IV & Marie de Medici. 1861. 2 volumes. -- The Last Decade of the Glorious Reign. Part III of the History of the Reign of Henry IV. 1863. 2 volumes. -- All FIRST EDITION, all 8vo (187 x 115 mm), all marbled endsheets, all engraved portrait frontispieces, many with tissue guards. (Lacking frontispiece to Jeanne D'Albret vol. II, some offsetting). Uniformly bound in late 19th-century blue calf gilt, green spine, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, 2 compartments with brown morocco lettering-pieces, all edges gilt (a few front covers nearly free, some rubbing). Together, 7 works in 15 volumes, condition generally good. Provenance for the lot: R.D. Jackson (bookplate); John F. Fleming (1910-1987).