British Autography. A Collection of Fac-similies of the Handwriting of Royal and Illustrious Personages with Their Authentic Portraits vols 1-2

by John Thane

$350 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

First edition

London: J. Thane, n.d.; ca 1793-1798 . First Edition. Quarto 29cm . Two volumes in contemporary leather, rebacked, gilt-tooled at edges and turn-ins, leather on boards painted over with red paint, all edges sprinkled blue; blue marbled endpapers; I: iv ,40pp; II: iv ,54; with frontispieces, engraved title pages, and 162 engraved plates, with brick red decorative borders and tissue guards. A

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