Lives of Eminent & Remarkable Characters Born or Long Resident in The Counties of Essex, Suffolk & Norfolk . Embellished with 68 Portraits.

[ CROMWELL, Thomas Kitson ?].:

Edité par London: Printed for Longman Hurst Rees et al, 1820

First edition. Large paper edition. 8vo. [116pp.] . 10.0" x 7.0" x 0.8". A very good original half leather binding. Crimson morocco spine and corners over marbled boards. Spine with, 5 raised bands, bright gilt decoration and gilt titles. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Printed label to verso of the front board: "Waltham Abbey Historical Society. This volume is deposited on loan by Cllr. G & Cty, Cllr. Mrs Tuck, Upshire Hall, Waltham Abbey". Small binder's stamp to top of endpaper: "Bound By J. Larkins". Light foxing and blemishes throughout. Contains 68 short biographies, each with an engraved portrait; of such people as Horatio Nelson, Thomas Cavendish, Sir Robert Walpole, John Ray, Sir John Hawkwood, Cardinal Wolsey, Robert Edward,Lord Petre, Sir Francis Vere, William Hoare, Humphrey Reprton, Thomas,Lord Audley, Edmund Hickeringill, Samuel Clarke, Sir Thomas Brandiston and many others. VG . ** "Jeremiah Larkins (1833 - 1907), He was working as a bookbinder at the age of 18 and progressed to owning his own business." - See Wikitree. N° de réf. du vendeur 50622

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Lives of Eminent & Remarkable Characters ...
Éditeur : London: Printed for Longman Hurst Rees et al
Date d'édition : 1820
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Edition : Edition originale