The historical gallery of celebrated men of every age and nation : exhibiting a splendid series of authentic portraits, faithfully copied and skillfully engraved from rare and acknowledged originals, by artists of the first celebrity . . .
1830, First Edition. London : Printed for Thomas Kelly. Very good copy with marginal scattered foxing in the original half leather over buckram cloth. Generalized wear to the bands and panel edges. Remains uncommonly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Ex-library with book plate mounted to front pastedown. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; Physical desc. : 1 vol. (various pagings) : ports (tissue guards) ; 22 cm. Subject: Biography. Great Britain - Biography. Notes: The historical gallery of celebrated men of every age and nation : exhibiting a splendid series of authentic portraits, faithfully copied and skillfully engraved from rare and acknowledged originals, by artists of the first celebrity, accompanied by biographical sketches and observations on their character and writings, founded on the authority of genuine and unpublished documents, illustrated by fac-similes of letters and extracts from their manuscripts, with the autograph of the individual affixed to each portrait / by Robert Huish. Item #181756
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