Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons, : from the Revolution in 1688 to the end of the reign of George II. Collected from the most authentic accounts extant. / By James Caulfield. In four volumes ...
James Caulfield (1764-1826)
Category
Books
Date
1819 - 1820
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3124613
Summary
Bibliographic description
4 v. : ports. ; 8vo. Shelved and very nearly uniform with Caulfield's "Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons, from the reign of King Edward the Third, to the Revolution" (London, 1813). Bookseller's pencil note on front free endpaper verso of Caulfield's "Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons, from the reign of King Edward the Third, to the Revolution" (London, 1813).: "7 vols. in 5. 2 series complete. 265 portraits". Pencil dot against each entry in the contents lists. Manuscript number on front pastedown in each vol: vol 1: "3009"; vol. 2: "3010"; vol. 3: "3011"; vol. 4: "3012". Pencil numbers on rear pastedown in vol. 1: "252" and "257". Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full dark blue morocco; double gilt fillet to form an outer border; gilt outer roll and blind rolls to form a panel design with a blind stamped centrepiece; sewn onto three recessed cords; five false bands; spines gilt, lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Remarkable characters' and 'Caulfield / 1[-4].'; gilt rolled board edge corners and turn-ins; gilt textblock edges; grey endpapers.
Makers and roles
James Caulfield (1764-1826), author George Cruikshank (London 1792 - London 1878), engraver (printmaker) Robert Graves (London 1798 - London 1873), engraver (printmaker) Gerard Vandergucht (London 1696 - London 1776), original artist