MANUSCRIPT: Olive, Princess of Cumberland
MANUSCRIPT: Olive, Princess of Cumberland (Olivia Serres, 1772-1834): A 38 page manuscript: Original Poems by Princess Olive, 1829. Each poem signed 'Olive'. The first page is headed with 'Original Poetry by Princess Olive', and the first one: 'To the Revd. Rowland Hill' and the last one signed and dated: London July 12, 1829. Bound in cont. full leather gilt, with later spine. Two papers pasted to front endpaper: 1- A hand-written note: 'The red book which you will find was once the lamented Princess Charlotte Coburg, her book' and signed GJ?; 2- A two page printed flyer: 'The Princess Olive of Cumberland to the English Nation, August 1st. 1829'. Olivia Serres was a British painter and writer. She is also known as an English impostor, who claimed the title of Princess Olive of Cumberland
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MANUSCRIPT: Olive, Princess of Cumberland (Olivia Serres, 1772-1834): A 38 page manuscript: Original Poems by Princess Olive, 1829. Each poem signed 'Olive'. The first page is headed with 'Original Poetry by Princess Olive', and the first one: 'To the Revd. Rowland Hill' and the last one signed and dated: London July 12, 1829. Bound in cont. full leather gilt, with later spine. Two papers pasted to front endpaper: 1- A hand-written note: 'The red book which you will find was once the lamented Princess Charlotte Coburg, her book' and signed GJ?; 2- A two page printed flyer: 'The Princess Olive of Cumberland to the English Nation, August 1st. 1829'. Olivia Serres was a British painter and writer. She is also known as an English impostor, who claimed the title of Princess Olive of Cumberland
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