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The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography a series of Original Memoirs of Distinguished Men of all ages and all nations by writers of Eminence in the various Branches of Literature Science and Art conducted by Professor John Eadie et al 3 volumes complete published in London and printed by William Mackenzie, 22 Paternoster Row, Glasgow and Edinburgh. (1863) This is the first and only collected edition of this work. It was issued previously in parts.
27 x 19 cm approx. 3 volumes in half leather and cloth binding over boards with raised bands to the spine and gilt lines and lettering present.
Volume 1 - loose ticket for the Monreith House library present - Frontispiece + illustrated title page + letterpress title page + 1pp + 1pp + 2pp + 1152pp + 30 steel engraved portraits, some toning, majority of the pages clean .
Volume 2 - loose ticket for the Monreith House library present + illustrated title page + letterpress title page + 4pp + 988pp + 19 steel engraved plates, some age marks , pages in good order.
Volume 3 - loose ticket for the Monreith House library present + illustrated title page + letterpress title page + 1pp + 948pp + 44 steel engraved portraits , age marks throughout, some toning, pages in good order.
Very heavy set.
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