The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain, engraven by Mr. Houbraken, and Mr. Vertue. . With their lives and characters. By Thomas Birch, ...
Jacobus Houbraken (Dordrecht 1698 - Amsterdam 1780)
Category
Books
Date
1743
Materials
Collection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 3025661
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],160p.,plates . ports.. . fol.. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: G.H.D. Pennant [i.e.: George Hay Dawkins-Pennant (1764-1840)].. Binding: Eighteenth-century full mottled calf; sewn onto seven raised cords; red spine label: `Heads & lives of illustrious persons'.
Makers and roles
Jacobus Houbraken (Dordrecht 1698 - Amsterdam 1780), engraver (printmaker) George Vertue (London 1684 - London 1756), artist Thomas Birch (1705-1766) , engraver and publisher