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Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain
Edmund Lodge
1835
Printed for Harding and Lepard : London
11" by 7.5"
SUMMARY
A lovely set of illustrated portraits of illustrious people from the history of Great Britain.
Early Edition,Illustrated,Leather Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 15 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 4.49
US Postage: £ 79.99
EU Postage: £ 40.99
European Postage: £ 75.99
Asia Postage: £ 159.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 249.99
DESCRIPTION
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, 8pp
Volume II: [4], 11, 9, 7, 13, 4, 8, 10, 12, 6, 10, 11, 7, 5, 8, 8, 10, 7, 6, 8, 11pp
Volume III: [4], 9, 10, 8, 13, 8, 12, 8, 8, 16, 5, 15, 6, 9, 8, 6, 10, 7, 9, 8, 17pp
Volume IV: [4], 22, 6, 8, 10, 15, 10, 9, 9, 7, 13, 9, 13, 7, 7, 11, 5, 7, 6, 8, 9pp
Volume V: [4], 7, 10, 16, 9, 9, 9, 6, 9, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 11, 6, 19, 7, 8, 6, 6pp
Volume VI: [4], 5, 7, 10, 17, 5, 13, 11, 12, 13, 12, 11, 25, 9, 13, 5, 15, 5, 9, 13, 9pp
Volume VII: [4], 8, 8, 8, 11, 10, 11, 7, 8, 18, 6, 7, 9, 9,11, 7, 11, 6, 14, 7, 7pp
Volume VIII: [4], 14, 13, 7, 11, 12, 9, 15, 7, 9, 6, 11, 10, 17, 7, 7, 17, 8, 7, 8, 8pp
Volume IX: [4], 9, 10, 4, 19, 15, 10, 7, 9, 16, 9, 2, 11, 7, 5, 7, 10, 9, 7, 8, 7pp
Volume X: [4], 8, 9, 10, 8, 13, 6, 8, 21, 7, 13, 6, 9, 8, 8, 8, 8, 16, 7, 3, 13pp
Volume XI: [4], 4, 8, 9, 8, 10, 5, 8, 12, 10, 16, 10, 9, 10, 7, 9, 9, 11, 9, 8, 6pp
Volume XII: [4], 7, 4, 14, 7, 12, 6,11, 8, 7, 14, 10, 10, 11, 8, 10, 10, 8, 12, 10, 19pp
CONDITION
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.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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