The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain, engraven by Mr. Houbraken, and Mr. Vertue. With their lives and characters. By Thomas Birch, A.M. F.R.S.

People / Organizations

• Thomas Birch (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLVII. [1747]

Publication year

1747-1747

ESTC No.

T154453

Grub Street ID

198567

Description

[4],160p.,plates : ports. ; 2⁰

Note

At foot of p. 160: The end of vol. I.

Large paper issue.

An earlier vol. I was published in 1743.

Vol. II was published in 1751.

Uncontrolled note

Two settings of type: in the first setting, the BL copy has in contents list (referring to p. 157) the entry for Charles Lord Talbot as one line, a variant has two lines; p. 75, line 13, has "De quatuor imperiis,". A variant has "Du quatuor imperiis". - Another vol. II came out in 1752. Gutter: 3.5cms. Ht.: 40.8cms