A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England, with lists of their works.

The original pages (including title pages) of the small 1759 octavo edition in two volumes mounted onto large elephant folio sheets, each with a hand drawn double red rule around the page, and a similar frame nearer the outer edge. For over 60 of the authors, an engraved portrait (various sizes) det...

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Main Author: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 (Author)
Other Authors: Dodsley, James, 1724-1797, Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764, Graham, Josiah, active 1737-1757, Thane, John, 1748-1818, Lodge, Edmund, 1756-1839
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Edition:Extra illustrated.
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250 |a The second edition, corrected and enlarged. 
264 0 |a [between 1850 and 1900?] 
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500 |a Catalog orginally published: London : Printed for R. and J. Dodsley in Pallmall, and J. Graham in the Strand, MDCCLIX [1759] 
500 |a Dedication by Horace Walpole. 
520 |a The original pages (including title pages) of the small 1759 octavo edition in two volumes mounted onto large elephant folio sheets, each with a hand drawn double red rule around the page, and a similar frame nearer the outer edge. For over 60 of the authors, an engraved portrait (various sizes) detached from other sources is mounted, usually facing the entry. Multiple portraits taken from John Thane's British Autography: a collection of the Facsimiles of the Handwriting of Royal and Illustrious Personages, with their Authentic Portraits (1788-93), and from Edmund Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain (1834-1835). Sources of detached leaves identified by bookseller. 
504 |a Includes Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
505 0 |a volume 1: Richardus I. Rex Anglorum / Vertue del. sculp. History of England by Paul de Rapin-Thoyras & N. Tindal, London -- King Henry the Eighth. Drawn by William Derby and Engraved by T.A. Dean. Edmund Lodge's Portraits -- Catherine last Queen of Henry VIII. John Thane's British Autography -- King Edward the VI. From John Thane's British Autography -- Queen Mary. John Thane's British Autography -- Queen Elizabeth. John Thane's British Autography -- King James I. John Thane's British Autography -- King Charles I. John Thane's British Autography -- King James II. John Thane's British Autography -- John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham. Richardson's Portraits illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England, London, 1792-1812 -- John Lord Lumley, 1609. From Richardson's Portraits illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England, London, 1792-1812 -- Edmund Sheffield, Lord Sheffield. From John Thane's British Autography -- Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset. John Thane's British Autography -- William Paulet, Marquis of Winchester. John Thane's British Autography -- William Cecil, Lord Burleigh. John Thane's British Autography -- Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex. John Thane's British Autography -- George Carew, Earl of Totnes. Richardson's Portraits illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England, London, 1792-1812 -- Thomas Egerton, Lord Ellesmere. From John Thane's British Autography -- Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam. John Thane's British Autography -- Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke. Edmund Lodge's Portraits -- William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke. John Thane's British Autography -- The Right Honorable Robert Lord Brooke etc: was shot at Lichfeild. London, 1730 -- Arthur, Lord Capel. Engraved by W. Finden. Edmund Lodge's Portraits -- Edward, Lord Herbert, of Cherbury. Drawn by William Derby and Engraved by J. Thomson. Edmund Lodge's Portraits -- John Digby, Earl of Bristol. John Thane's British Autography -- Henry Cary, Earl of Monmouth. John Thane's British Autography -- Henry Cary, Earl of Monmouth. John Thane's British Autography -- 
505 8 |a volume 2: Major General Monck. John Thane's British Autography -- The Right Honorable Charles Earl of Derby, Lord Stanley. Richardson's Portraits illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England, London, 1792-1812 -- John Pawlet, Marquesse of Winchester. Richardson's Portraits illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England, London, 1792-1812 -- William Cavendish, Marquis of Newcastle. John Thane's British Autography -- Lord Clarendon. Unknown -- George Digby, Earl of Bristol. Engraved by H[enry] T[homas] Ryall. Edmund Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain -- Denzil Lord Holles. John Thane's British Autography -- The True Portraiture of Mercin Earl of Castlehaven. Richardson's Portraits illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England, London, 1792-1812 -- Anthony Earl of Shaftesbury. John Thane's British Autography -- Heneage Lord Finch. John Thane's British Autography -- Francis North, Lord Guildford. Edmund Lodge's Portraits -- Arthur Annesley, Earl of Anglesey. John Thane's British Autography -- George Villers, Duke of Buckingham. John Thane's British Autography -- The Right Honorable Henry Booth, Lord De la Mer of Dunham. Richardson's Portraits illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England, London, 1792-1812 -- William Cavendish, Earl of Devonshire, 1618. Richardson's Portraits illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England, London, 1792-1812 -- Anthony Earl of Shaftesbury. John Thane's British Autography -- John Lord Somers. Published by Silvester (Sylvester) Harding, after Unknown artist, stipple engraving, 1800 -- Charles Montague Lord Halifax. John Thane's British Autography -- Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford. John Thane's British Autography -- Daniel Finch, Earl of Nottingham. John Thane's British Autography -- Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough. Edmund Lodge's Portraits -- Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke. Edmund Lodge's Portraits -- Sir Christopher Hatton. Edmund Lodge's Portraits -- Thomas, First Lord Coventry. By John Samuel Agar, after Harold Crease, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen), stipple engraving, 1815 -- Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland. John Thane's British Autography -- Margaret Countess of Richmond and Derby. John Thane's British Autography -- Lady Jane Grey. Edmund Lodge's Portraits -- Anne Clifford, Countess of Pembroke. John Thane's British Autography -- Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle. Richardson's Portraits illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England, London, 1792-1812 -- Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough. Edmund Lodge's Portraits -- Lady Francis, Countesse of Somerset. After Simon de Passe, line engraving, early 19th century -- King James 1st. John Thane's British Autography -- Mary Queen of Scotland. John Thane's British Autography. 
650 0 |a English literature  |v Bibliography.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043792 
650 0 |a Kings and rulers as authors  |z England  |v Bio-bibliography. 
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700 1 |a Graham, Josiah,  |d active 1737-1757.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr00004832 
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