The Biographical Magazine Containing Portraits Characters Of Eminent And Ingenious Persons Of

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First edition

London: Printed for Harrison & Co., 1794. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, with portraits of the subjects, marbled endpapers, full dark blue morocco with gilt decorations, a.e.g. Ownership signatures, bookplate, bookseller's label, else a fine, handsome volume. With brief biographies of such notable men as Bacon, Da Vinci, Hogarth, Locke, Newton..... More

• Binding: Leather

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