GREVILLE, Charles C.F.

The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV; Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1852; Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria, from 1852 to 1860.

First Editions of The Greville Memoirs; finely bound by Zaehnsdorf

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1874-1887.

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First editions of these journals offering a candid insider’s account of British political and court life. Octavo, eight volumes, bound in three quarters morocco by Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. The Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV is in three volumes; the Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1852 is in three volumes; and the Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria, from 1852 to 1860 is in two volumes. In very good condition. Edited by Henry Reeve.

The Greville Memoirs, published in successive volumes between 1874 and 1887, comprise the journals of Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville (1794–1865), who served as Clerk of the Council and moved in the highest political and social circles of nineteenth-century Britain. Covering the reigns of George IV, William IV, and the early decades of Queen Victoria’s rule, the memoirs offer an insider’s perspective on court politics, ministerial intrigues, and the personalities that shaped the British monarchy and government during a period of significant transition. Though sometimes criticized for their frankness and perceived indiscretions, Greville’s journals are valued for their candor, detail, and sharp character sketches, making them an indispensable source for historians of nineteenth-century Britain as well as a vivid example of political and social commentary in diary form.