Accession number:
PML 129228
Published:
London : Printed by H.L. Galabin ... [and 2 others] for R. Phillips ... and sold by T. Hurst and J. Wallis [and two others], and by all booksellers, 1799.
Description:
vii, [1], 580 p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., front. ; 22 cm.
Credit:
Gift of Charles Ryskamp in memory of Elizabeth M. Riley, 2002.
Notes:
"To be continued annually."
"Price nine shillings, in boards."
Four lines from Henry VIII, and four lines from Horace in Latin following the title.
First published as "British public characters". Cf. ESTC, #T143469.
Most of the contents were contributed by Alexander Stephens. Cf. Dict. nat. biog.
Publisher's advertisements on p. [1] second count; [1]-[2], third count, and p. 580.
Includes 1 folded frontispiece and 1 plate facing p. 400.
"T. Gillet, Printer, Salisbury Square, Fleet Street"--P. 580.
Binding:
Full brown tree calf.
Provenance:
Armorial bookplate of Westport House; from the Charles Ryskamp Collection.
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