Author: BRITISH PORTRAIT GALLERY
Title: The British gallery of contemporary portraits, being a series of engravings of the most eminent persons now living or lately deceased, in Great Britain and Ireland / from drawings accurately made from life... [Volume 2 only]
Description: London : Printed for T. Cadell 1822. First Edition. Elephant folio. Very good copy in the original. full elaborately gilt tooled and ruled aniline calf with an armorial motif to the front panel. Professionally re-cased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Scans etc. on request. ; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 0 pages; 75 engraved portraits with comprehensive biographical notes on succeeding pages. Subject; Engraving and Engravings. Engraving. English. Great Britain - Biography - Portraits. Genre; Biography. Portraits. Biographies.Weight in Kg appr.:

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