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Biographical sketches of British characters recently deceased : commencing with the accession of George the Fourth: comprising two hundred and thirty subjects, chronologically arranged from the periods of their death: with a list of their engraved portraits (v.18)

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Type of record: Book

Title: Biographical sketches of British characters recently deceased : commencing with the accession of George the Fourth: comprising two hundred and thirty subjects, chronologically arranged from the periods of their death: with a list of their engraved portraits (v.18)

Level: Item

Classmark: Holden Library ZX/GRA

Creator(s): Miller, William (1796-1882)

Additional creator(s): Colburn, Henry (1855) (Other); Molteno, J A (Other); P. & D. Colnaghi & Co (Other)

Related people: Colburn, Henry; Molteno, J. A

Publisher: Henry Colburn; Colnaghi, Son, and Co.; J.A. Molteno

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1826

Language: English

Size and medium: 2 v

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/352898

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991004599939705181

Additional description

A biographical history of England : from Egbert the Great to the Revolution... The store set is extra-illustrated, with over 1500 illustrations. Uniformly bound, as vols. 1-11 of a 19 volume set with added title page A biographical history of England, adapted to a methodical catalogue of portraits , vols. 12-17 of which are the 3 volume continuation by Mark Noble, 1806, vols. 18-19 are the 2 volume set by William Miller, Biographical sketches of British characters recently deceased : commencing with the accession of George the Fourth , 1826.

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