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Birch, Thomas.
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400 - 600 GBP
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Description
- The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain. London: for John Knapton, 1756
Folio (528 x 355mm.), title with engraved allegorical vignette, 108 engraved portraits by J. Houbraken and G. Vertue, extra-illustrated with mezzotint portrait (c.1764) of Robert Drummond (Archbishop of York) after Joshua Reynolds, contemporary diced russia gilt, occasional light spotting, small loss to corner of one portrait (not affecting image), joints cracked, spine ends somewhat worn, a little worming to upper cover, corners and edges rubbed