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PORTRAITS. 1000 Portraits Chronologically Arranged in Six Volumes [hand-lettered title]. 6 vols. Circa 1844.
(PORTRAITS.) 1000 Portraits Chronologically Arranged in Six Volumes [hand-lettered title in each volume]. 1000 18th- and early 19th-century engraved portraits, each mounted with neatly written biographical notes on page opposite. 6 volumes. 4to, mid-19th-century 1/2 calf with morocco lettering pieces, spines faded, ends rubbed, dark stain in bottom compartment of Volume 4 spine, Volume 6 front hinge split. Contemporary armorial bookplates of the Rev. G. Montford (the compiler?). (EHLS) England, circa 1844
- Notes: According to a note in Volume 1, the set was bound up in 1844, and the cost of the portraits at an average of 4d each, together with mounting and binding, came to £19 19s 4d. The subjects are predominantly English, and the contents of the volumes are organized as follows: I--Royal Families, Peers; II--Peers, Gentry; III--Ecclesiastics; IV--Lawyers, Men of the Sword, Literates; V--Literates, Artists; VI--Ladies, Singular Characters.
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