A biographical history of England, from Egbert the Great to the Revolution: . consisting of characters disposed in different classes, ... Interspersed with a variety of anecdotes, and memoirs of a great number of persons, ... With a preface, shewing the utility of a collection of engraved portraits to supply the defect, and answer the various purposes, of medals. / by the Rev. J. Granger, ... Fifth edition, with upwards of four hundred additional lives. In six volumes. ...
The Reverend James Granger (1723-1776)
Category
Books
Date
1824
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3164612.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
Fifth edition. v.3-4 ; 8vo. Uniformly bound and shelved with Noble's continuation (1806). Provenance: armorial bookplate (not listed in Franks): 'Almeric Hugh Paget. 1st Baron Queenborough'. Capital letter "R" written in pencil on front free endpaper. Pencil annotations throughout. Binding: nineteenth-century half calf over brown morocco; blind rolled at edges of the calf binding; sewn onto five raised bands; red title label: 'Granger's biographical history of England'; green volume label; gilt top edge; orange endpapers.
Makers and roles
The Reverend James Granger (1723-1776), author