Author: Lord Brougham and other Distinguished Authors
Title: Old England's Worthies: A Gallery of Portraits, from Authentic Copies, of the Most Eminent Statesmen, Lawyers, Warrior, Men of Letters and Science, and Artists of Our Country, Accompanied by Full and Original Biographies
Description: James Sangster and Co. London, 1880. Early Edition, Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Clean dark red covers with blind decoration and gilt decoration and lettering on the front cover and on the spine, bevelled cover edges, gilt block edges, double column text. Includes six coloured illustrations,also black and white plates and vignettes. "Worthies" included are: HenryII; Roger Bacon; Edward III; John Wicliffe; Geoffrey Chaucer; William of Wykeham; Henry V; James I of Scotland; Henry VII, John Colet; Cardinal Wolsey; Sir Thomas More; Thomas Cromwell; Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey; Lady Jane Grey; Thomas Cramner; Hugh Latimer; John Knox; Sir Thomas Gresham; George Buchanan; Sir Philip Sidney; Sir Francis Drake; Lord Burghley; Edmund Spenser; Queen Elizabeth; William Shakespere; Sir Walter Raleigh; William Camden; Francis Bacon; Ben Jonson; Charles I; Earl of Strafford; John Hampden; Archbishop Laud; John Selden; Admiral Roger Blake; Dr. William Harvey; Oliver Cromwell; Thomas Fuller; Jeremy Taylor; Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon; John Milton; Sir Matthew Hale; Andrew Marvell; Isaac Barrow; Thomas Hobbes; Samuel Butler; William Lord Russell; Algernon Sidney; Sir William Petty; Thomas Sydenham; Robert Boyle; Richard Baxter; Henry Purcell; Sir William Temple; John Dryden; William III; John Locke; John Lord Somers; John Ray; William Penn; Joseph Addison; John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough; Sir Christopher Wren; Sir Isaac Newton; Daniel Defoe; Edmund Halley; Alexander Pope; Sir Robert Walpole; Dean Swift; William Hogarth; John Seaton. Supplementary Lives: Prince Albert; Suke of Wellington; Sir Robert Peel; Lord Macaulay; George Stephenson; Robert Stephenson; Lord Nelson. No dust-jacket. Undated by publisher. Dated by reference to COPAC/Library Hub Discover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 42022111018. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.. ISBN: 1903278546

Keywords: BZDB4 British History; Biography. Unbranded Lord Brougham and other Distinguished Authors Old England's Worthies: A Gallery of Portraits, from Authentic Copies, of the Most Eminent Statesmen, Lawyers, Warrior, Men of Letters and Science, and Artists of Ou


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