Memoirs of Count Grammont by Anthony Hamilton Edited, with notes, by Sir Walter Scott with a Portrait of the Author and thirty-three etchings by L. Boisson on India paper From original compositions by C. Delort

Memoirs of Count Grammont by Anthony Hamilton Edited, with notes, by Sir Walter Scott with a Portrait of the Author and thirty-three etchings by L. Boisson on India paper From original compositions by C. Delort

Author: Hamilton, Anthony / Scott, Walter

4to (7.5x11.5")1889. Hamilton, Anthony / Scott, Walter. London. John C. Nimmo. Very heavy gilt, 5 compartments, 2 panels with title and author, date on foot, heavy gilt blindstamping in covers.

From Wiki: Anthony Hamilton PC (Ire) (c. 1645 – 1719), also known as Antoine[a] and comte d'Hamilton, was a soldier and a writer. In France Hamilton lived at the exile court at Saint-Germain-en-Laye where he became a courtier, poet, and writer. He chose French as his language and adopted a light and elegant style, seeking to amuse and entertain his reader. He wrote the Mémoires du Comte de Grammont, which focuses on the time his brother-in-law Philibert de Gramont spent at the court of Charles II. These memoirs are a classic of French literature and a source for the history of the Stuart Restoration. Hamilton also wrote many letters, poems, and five tales. Hamilton came from an English-speaking family but chose to write in French. Despite his origins he excelled in that light and elegant badinage considered typically French. Hamilton's works were well known in the 18th century. Voltaire and La Harpe mention him honourably. Today, he is mainly known for a single book: the Mémoires de la vie du comte de Grammont, the only work published while he was alive. Hamilton also wrote at least five tales and many poems, songs, epistles, and letters.

The Mémoires de la vie du comte de Grammont were originally planned to cover Gramont's entire life but were cut short so that they end with his marriage. Hamilton pretended the memoirs were dictated to him by Gramont. He started work in 1704 and completed them in 1710. For Gramont's life up to his arrival in London, Gramont was Hamilton's only source. He may have jotted this part down more or less how Gramont told it. The second, "English", part seems to be Hamilton's work. The subtitle of the first edition "L'histore amoureuse de la cour d'Angleterre" (lovelife of the English court) pertains to this part, for which Hamilton had Gramont, who died in 1707, and Elizabeth, who died in 1708, as witnesses. Hamilton's brothers James and George, important characters of the second part, had died in 1673 and 1676 respectively. The book was a bestseller and remains a classic of French literature. It is still admired for its graceful and elegant language. The memoirs were written to amuse and entertain and sometimes depart from the correct chronological order. The book situates itself at the cross-roads between memoirs, biography, and fiction.

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet FRSE FSAScot (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels Ivanhoe (1819), Rob Roy (1817), Waverley (1814), Old Mortality (1816), The Heart of Mid-Lothian (1818), and The Bride of Lammermoor (1819), along with the narrative poems Marmion (1808) and The Lady of the Lake (1810). He had a major impact on European and American literature.

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