[ed.] The Baroness De Calabrella — Evenings at Haddon Hall

London , Henry Colburn, 1846. First edition. Cloth. A charming collection of romantic stories at Haddon Hall, with 24 plates. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original brown decorative cloth binding. With gilt to fore edge.Includes 24 plates, with plate 9 titled 'Moonlight In Venice' incorrectly bound as a frontispiece. Collated, complete. This work is a collection of stories of romance and chivalry, edited by English socialite, journalist, and writer Catherine Ball, known as the Baroness de Calabrella. Her writing is accompanied by the beautiful illustrations of British painter George Cattermole, a friend of Charles Dickens who worked chiefly in water colours. The stories take place at Haddon Hall, an English country house on the River Wye near Bakewell, Derbyshire, a former seat of the Dukes of Rutland.  In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Bumping to head and tail of the spine. Shelf wear to extremities of boards. Odd small mark to rear board. Previous owner's book plate to front free paste down. Front hinge cracked. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with spotting and light age toning. Ink inscriptions to front blank. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: George Cattermole. Very Good Indeed .