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Click here to see our other books! Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain Engraved from Authentic Pictures in the Galleries of the Nobility and the Public Collections of the Country With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of their Lives and Actions Edmund Lodge 1823-34 Printed for Harding, Mavor and Lepard : London 11" by 7.5" SUMMARY Edmund Lodge's celebrated biography of eminent people in Great Britain, the first edition complete in twelve volumes in some charming Hatchard signed bindings. First Edition,Illustrated,Leather Binding,Signed Binding Overall Condition: Very Good This book weighs 15 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 4.49 US Postage: £ 79.99 EU Postage : £ 40.99 European Postage: £ 75.99 Asia Postage: £ 159.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 249.99 DESCRIPTION A set complete in twelve volumes of Edmund Lodge's elaborate collection of eminent people in British history. Twelve volumes bound a smart half morocco over marbled cloth boards and gilt to the top edge signed Hatchards. Complete with half titles. Each biographical sketch is accompanied by a portrait of the person of interest. Originally published periodically in parts every other month, this is the first edition of the work, printed for Harding, Mavor and Lepard. The history of the country, in memoirs of the most illustrious English nobility and great officers of state. The content is selected from the highest authority and the portraits preserved in the gallery of the nobility, descendants of the people represented, or in the public collections. The illustrations are painted by the likes of Holbein, Rubens, Vandyke, Lely, Kneller, and other great masters. Including biographical sketches of King Henry the Eighth, Sir Walter Scott, Queen Anne Bullen, Sir Nicholas Carew, Francis Bacon, Queen Catharine Parr, Robert Dudley, James Butler, Lord Paget, Francis Drake, John Locke and many others. There are twenty biographies per volume. Each volume with its own title page, dated 1823-34. Volumes 2-4 with the imprint 'London: printed for Harding, Triphook and Lepard.' Volumes 5-8 'London: printed for Harding, Lepard and Co.' and volumes 9-12 'London: printed for Harding and Lepard.' The printer's colophon is printed on the verso of the half titles. Collated, complete with two hundred and forty portraits. With a complete collation to all volumes bound in volume one. From the library at Julian Park, Hertfordshire, belonging to Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Audrey was the youngest daughter of an Anglo-American lumber and steel millionaire, sister to Edward James, a key figure in the Surrealist movement, and the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. She was an English socialite known for her beauty and for charming various wealthy men, she was included in The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton. A patron of the arts, she assisted Viscount Carlow financially in the publication of limited editions of numerous works by leading literary figures such as T E Lawrence, James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, and others. A hedonistic pursuer, she was recognised as one of the 'Bright Young Things'. CONDITION In a half morocco binding over cloth marbled boards, with marbled endpapers and gilt to the top edge. Externally smart with only minor shelf wear and minor rubbing to the spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. With only minor spotting to the odd leaf, particularly to the leaves of plates, and a minor marginal staining mark to the odd plate, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Minor cockling to the leaves of volume VII, seems due to damp damage. Illustrated with two hundred and forty portraits. Collated, complete. Overall Condition: Very Good GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques