A biographical history of England
Title
A biographical history of England
Alternative Title
Full title: A biographical history of England : from Egbert the Great to the revolution : consisting of characters disposed in different classes, and adapted to a methodical catalogue of engraved British heads : intended as an essay towards reducing our biography to system, and a help to the knowledge of portraits : interspersed with a variety of anecdotes, and memoirs of a great number of persons not to be found in any other biographical work : With a preface shewing the utility of a collection of engraved portraits to supply the defect, and answer the various purposes, of medals / By the Rev. J. Granger, Vicar of Shiplake, in Oxfordshire. Spine title: Biographical hist. of England
Creator
James Granger, 1723-1776
Publisher
London : Printed for William Baynes and Son, Paternoster Row; and sold by W. Clarke, New Bond Street; J. Major, Fleet Street; Cornhill : J. and J. Arch ; Oxford : J. Parker ; Cambridge : Deighton and Sons ; Edinburgh : H. S. Baynes and Co. ; Dublin : and R. M. Tims
Date
1824
Format
6 volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.
Description
Each volume has half-title page.
Includes numerous plates.
W. Baynes and Son issued two "fifth editions" in 1824, an 8vo ed. in 6 v., and a folio ed. in 3 v., cf. Lowndes (1881 ed.), II, 927.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes numerous plates.
W. Baynes and Son issued two "fifth editions" in 1824, an 8vo ed. in 6 v., and a folio ed. in 3 v., cf. Lowndes (1881 ed.), II, 927.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Provenance
Presented by Principal Daniel Woolf [Gift2015]
Contributor
Woolf, D. R. (Daniel R.) donor
Schulich-Woolf Collection.
Schulich-Woolf Collection.
Language
English
Identifier
DA28 .G7 1824
Relation
Collection
Citation
James Granger, 1723-1776, “A biographical history of England,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed April 24, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/121.