Book Details
| Author: | Chambers, Robert: |
| Title: | A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen. |
| Published: | Glasgow: Blackie & Son, 1847. |
| Classification: | Catalogue 01 - Literature |
| Description: | In Four Volumes. Embellished With Seventy Two Authentic Portraits. Vol I -Abercromby to Creech, vi, 558 pp. Frontispiece - tissue guarded portrait of Sir Ralph Abercromby. Vol II - Crichton to Hamilton, 600 pp. Frontispiece - tissue guarded portrait of Alexander Cruden. Vol III - Hamilton to Melville, 588 pp. Frontispiece - tissue guarded portrait of Robert Hamilton. Vol IV - Melville to Young, 551 pp with index at end. Frontispiece - tissue guarded portrait of Sir John Moore. All four volumes with yellow eps. Front hinge cracking in all four volumes. Rear hinge Vol IV only. Attractively bound in dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering and gilt decoration on spines. Gilt emblem on front boards. Blindstamp decoration on front and back boards. Top and bottom of spines and corners rubbed. Text very clean internally. Bindings solid and tight. Overall condition VG. |
| Book Number: | #3508 |
| Price: | € 222.00 |
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