The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain, . on one hundred and eight copper-plates. Engraved by Mr Houbraken, and Mr Vertue. With their lives and characters, by Thomas Birch, D.D. ...
Jacobus Houbraken (Dordrecht 1698 - Amsterdam 1780)
Category
Books
Date
1756
Materials
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 3041505
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],216p, plates . ports.. . fol.. Bound in 2 vols. In pencil on flyleaf '2 vols. 1st edition splendid copy.'. Provenance: Bookplate: Earl of Morley.. Binding: Gold tooled morocco, gilt edges (C19). Stamp on flyleaf: Bound by Hering. Paper interleaving plates watermarked 'Smith and Allnutt 1820'.
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