Accession number
PML 82741
Published
London : Printed for E. Newbury [i.e. Newbery] ... , and Vernor and Hood, Birchin Lane, Cornhill, 1795.
Notes
Abridged version of: Characters of the kings and queens of England / [compiled by] John Holt.
At head of t.p.: Kings of England.
Engraved frontispiece, a portrait of George III, is signed: Hull sculp.
Despite the t.p. and Hugo's attribution, the wood engravings in the text are probably not by Bewick; cf. Roscoe.
Frontispiece is hand-colored by a previous owner.
PML copy: p. [1]-[4] at end wanting (booklist?).
At head of t.p.: Kings of England.
Engraved frontispiece, a portrait of George III, is signed: Hull sculp.
Despite the t.p. and Hugo's attribution, the wood engravings in the text are probably not by Bewick; cf. Roscoe.
Frontispiece is hand-colored by a previous owner.
PML copy: p. [1]-[4] at end wanting (booklist?).
Description
viii, 204, [4] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port. (wood engravings, engraving) ; 14 cm.
Binding
Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, with black, gilt lettering-piece.
Classification
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