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 (10 vols.)
by Lodge, Edmund
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G (some scuffing to leather, few weak hinges, average wear to edges; rear cover of Volume 3 off and broken that can be repaired;
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: William Smith, 1840. Hardcover. G (some scuffing to leather, few weak hinges, average wear to edges; rear cover of Volume 3 off and broken that can be repaired; ex-library with bookplates in each.). 10 vols. Gilt tooled embossed red 3/4 leather with red cloth boards; gilt edges all around; various paginations; 240 steel engravings within the ten volumes. Title on spines: Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Personages. A very nice set of this popular title. Presents 240 Englishmen and women in the order in which they were artistically rendered: from Elizabeth of York, the Queen of Henry VII in 1502, to Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, in the 1830s. Each volume has a bookplate from Newhouse Galleries gallery inside the front cover. Still nice shelf appeal.
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- Seller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 21799
- Title
- 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 (10 vols.)
- Author
- Lodge, Edmund
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G (some scuffing to leather, few weak hinges, average wear to edges; rear cover of Volume 3 off and broken that can be repaired;
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Smith
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1840
- Keywords
- European Art ; English Portraiture ; ;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Biblio member since 2004
Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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