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Sketches from nature, : in high preservation, by the most honourable masters. Containing upwards of one hundred and ten portraits, or characters, of the most conspicuous persons in the Kingdom: ... With explanatory and impartial strictures.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1779 Twe Af.610
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- British--Biography.
- British.
- Genre:
- Booksellers' advertisements -- England -- London -- 1779.
- Satires.
- Physical Description:
- 72, [4] p. ; 23 cm (4to)
- Edition:
- The twelfth edition, in which the appendix is considerably extended, containing upwards of forty additional characters.
- Place of Publication:
- London [England]" : Printed for G. Kearsly, at No. 46, near Serjeants Inn, Fleet-Street., M,DCC,LXXIX. [1779] (Price half a crown)
- Notes:
- Edition statement at head of title.
- Satirical sketches of eminent men in the guise of a review of an exhibition of paintings by those men.
- Signatures: [A]² B-S² b².
- "To the ladies of Great Britain and Ireland."--p. [73].
- "Principal speakers."--p. [74].
- Bookseller's advertisement, final [2] p.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Cited in:
- T224174
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