Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain (10 Vols.)

by Edmund Lodge, Esq

First Edition

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Book desription: London: William Smith, 1840 1840 1st edition, complete in 10 volumes. "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". Bound in a contemporary-to-the-period, 1/2 dark-brown morocco over marbled boards. Bright, gilt-decorated raised bands, gilt lettering to spines. All volumes uniformly clean and tight and solidly VG+ or better. Quartos, top-edges gilt. Light, inoffensive foxing to fore-edges and bottom edges.Beautiful engraved portraits--with tissue guards--introduce the chapters on each subject.. First Edition. Half-Leather. Collectible; Very Good.

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