Lot 184
Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
Leaves from the Journal of our Life in the Highlands, from 1848 to 1861
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
... Illustrated Edition. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1868. First edition, deluxe issue, inscribed by Victoria 'To Sir James Clark Bart. K.C.B., from Victoria R., April 13th 1869' on verso of the front free endpaper, 4to, original red cloth over bevelled boards, richly decorated in black, gilt and blind, all edges gilt, 8 steel-engraved plates including frontispiece, 2 chromolithographic plates, wood-engraved vignettes throughout the text, wear to spine-ends and tips, inner hinges reinforced
Footnote
Sir James Clark (1788-1870), 1st baronet, was physician-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria from her accession to the throne in 1837 until his retirement in 1860. He received his formative medical education as a naval surgeon during the Napoleonic Wars, subsequently moving to Rome, where he treated John Keats during his final illness. He was the author of works including A Treatise on Pulmonary Consumption (1835), and notably introduced Victoria to Florence Nightingale, thereby helping her nursing reforms achieve wider notice. 'Above all he was to be remembered for his devotion to the welfare of the queen and the royal family, especially the prince consort, whom he advised regularly on matters of medical science and education' (ODNB).