Portraits of illustrious personages of Great Britain. Engraved from authentic pictures in the galleries of the nobility and the public collections of the country. With biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions / by Edmund Lodge Esq. F.S.A.: in 10 volumes
1823, First Edition. London : printed for Harding, Mavor and Lepard. Worn set bound in the full aniline calf with leather gilt blocked labels to the spines. Wear and tear as with age (with some loss to the spines). Hinges loose or separated. Remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Item #327604
Provenance; from the library of Henry Fowler Broadwood with the owner's armorial bookplate. Physical description; 10 volumes, plates : ill. (ports) ; 27 cm. Notes; Dates: volume 1 1823, volume 2 1824, volumes 3-4 1825, volume 5 1826, volumes 6-7 1827, volume 8 1828, volume 9 1829, volume 10 1830. Contents; V. 1, (1502-1552) -- v. 2, (1553-1574) -- v. 3, (1575-1601) -- v. 4, (1603-1625) -- v. 5, (1627-1643) -- v. 6, (1643-1650) -- v.7, 1651-1668 -- v. 8 (1669-1683) -- v. 9, (1683-1705) -- v. 10, (1707-1750). Subjects; Portraits. Great Britain ; Biography. Great Britain Biography Portraits. Great Britain ; Biography. Great Britain. Genres; Biographies. Biography. Illustrated. Portraits.
Price: €1,295.00