Public Characters of all Nations consisting of Biographical Accounts of nearly three thousand eminent contemporaries, alphabetically arranged, with numerous portraits, in three volumes.

London: Plummer and Brewis for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., 1823. Three volumes (complete), full leather binding with gilt decoration to spine, b&w plates, pp xxx, 1-575, 2-120 (mis-pagination but continuous text and complete); 121-864; 1-648. Each volume with title page and engraved frontis portrait plate. Previous owner's bookplate. Boards rubbed, fore-edge of vol. II starting to fray. Good condition.

Complete set in 3 volumes : biographical details of notable personalities of the day, from the Right Hon. Charles Abbottt, Lord Chief Justice, to Marshal Zuylen Van-Nievelt. With numerous engraved portrait plates of the subjects. Item #100877

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