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Buckram, G. 2 volumes, xliv+268pp, viii+332pp, grand total of 126pp b/w plates, cloth rather rubbed, lightly foxed to a few pages with the occasional ink splash to the margin, Ex Public School library with a bookplate on the pastedown, accession numbers to the spine, a good working set. A collection of portraits, taken from old masters, of 250 leading men & a few women of 18th & 19th century Britain, with each person given a brief biography. Those appearing are mainly from the political, literary, artistic, scientific, religious & aristocratic walks of English society. Taken as a collection the images show the fashions & prefered portrait style of the age. 3125 grams.

Original blue cloth covers, w/ gilt title on spines. Bindings moderately soiled and rubbed. Spines a bit sunned of Vols. 2 thru 4. Light scattered foxing. Front hinge of Vol. 3 starting. Illust. w/ numerous portraits.