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Author: Caulfield, James
Title: Portraits, Memoirs, And Characters, Of Remarkable Persons, From The Revolution in 1688 To The End Of The Reign Of George II.
Place Published: London
Publisher:H.R. Young & T.H. Whitley
Date Published: 1819
Description:

4 volumes. Illustrated profusely with 155 engraved plates. 23.7x14.4 cm (9¼x5¾"), period half leather, marbled boards, gilt rule, raised bands, decorations & lettering in gilt. First Edition in book form.

Originally issued in parts from 1790 to 1795, this collection of portraits of remarkable individuals with brief biographies was the major work of printseller James Caulfield. According to the DNB, Caulfield's specialty was "prints illustrating Granger's twelfth class of people--'such as lived to a great age, deformed persons, convicts, &c.' --whose portraits were very often the hardest to come by."

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Slight wear & rubbing to leather; hinges tender or cracked, occasional foxing throughout; very good.

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