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Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain
by Edmund Lodge
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for Harding and Lepard, 1835 . Leather. Very Good. 11" by 7.5". Edmund Lodge. A lovely set of illustrated portraits of illustrious people from the history of Great Britain. Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain by Edmund Lodge in half morocco bindings. 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. Complete in twelve volumes. Illustrated with two hundred and forty monochrome plates, twenty to each volume. Collated, complete.The plate of Mary Sidney in Volume III is detached. Ink inscription to the first free endpapers from 1838 and two book plates to the pastedowns. Unusual pagination as follows. Volume I: [4], 24, 6, 6, 11, 6, 2, 12, 8, 4, 4, 9, 11, 7, 13, 6, 15, 9, 8, 6, 8ppVolume II: [4], 11, 9, 7, 13, 4, 8, 10, 12, 6, 10, 11, 7, 5, 8, 8, 10, 7, 6, 8, 11ppVolume III: [4], 9, 10, 8, 13, 8, 12, 8, 8, 16, 5, 15, 6, 9, 8, 6, 10, 7, 9, 8, 17ppVolume IV: [4], 22, 6, 8, 10, 15, 10, 9, 9, 7, 13, 9, 13, 7, 7, 11, 5, 7, 6, 8, 9ppVolume V: [4], 7, 10, 16, 9, 9, 9, 6, 9, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 11, 6, 19, 7, 8, 6, 6ppVolume VI: [4], 5, 7, 10, 17, 5, 13, 11, 12, 13, 12, 11, 25, 9, 13, 5, 15, 5, 9, 13, 9ppVolume VII: [4], 8, 8, 8, 11, 10, 11, 7, 8, 18, 6, 7, 9, 9,11, 7, 11, 6, 14, 7, 7ppVolume VIII: [4], 14, 13, 7, 11, 12, 9, 15, 7, 9, 6, 11, 10, 17, 7, 7, 17, 8, 7, 8, 8ppVolume IX: [4], 9, 10, 4, 19, 15, 10, 7, 9, 16, 9, 2, 11, 7, 5, 7, 10, 9, 7, 8, 7ppVolume X: [4], 8, 9, 10, 8, 13, 6, 8, 21, 7, 13, 6, 9, 8, 8, 8, 8, 16, 7, 3, 13ppVolume XI: [4], 4, 8, 9, 8, 10, 5, 8, 12, 10, 16, 10, 9, 10, 7, 9, 9, 11, 9, 8, 6ppVolume XII: [4], 7, 4, 14, 7, 12, 6,11, 8, 7, 14, 10, 10, 11, 8, 10, 10, 8, 12, 10, 19pp In half morocco bindings. Externally, smart. There is some wear to the heads and tails of the spines and to the extremities. There is some rubbing to the leather in these areas. The spines are faded. There is some slight loss to the leather in some areas. Ink inscription to the first free endpapers from 1838 and two book plates to the pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. The plate of Mary Sidney in Volume III is detached. The pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot. Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 846W2
- Title
- Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain
- Author
- Edmund Lodge
- Illustrator
- Edmund Lodge
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for Harding and Lepard
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1835
- Size
- 11" by 7.5"
- Keywords
- Edmund Lodge Illustrious Persons History Portraits Illustrious Persons
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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