A very curious and extensive collection of views of the birth-places and residences of celebrated persons, scenes of remarkable events, and other interesting localities : illustrated with numerous autographs and portraits, and original drawings, accompanied with accounts of the places and persons, alphabetically arranged, in four volumes : scrapbooks, [17---18--] / compiled by William Upcott, Esq. Autograph Cottage, Islington, London.

Scrapbooks compiled by William Upcott containing prints and portraits executed in various techniques (including etching, engraving, mezzotint and lithograph), autographs, manuscripts and numerous manuscript facsimiles, ephemera and printed memorabilia, clippings, and original drawings pertaining to the lives of notable persons, chiefly dating from the 18th and 19th centuries; mounted or interleaved into 4 bound volumes, scrapbook leaves numbered by hand and contents arranged alphabetically by subject.