Lives of Eminent & Remarkable Characters Born or Long Resident in The Counties of Essex, Suffolk & Norfolk . Embellished with 68 Portraits.

First edition. Large paper edition. 8vo. [116pp.] . 10.0" x 7.0" x 0.8". A very good original half leather binding. Crimson morocco spine and corners over marbled boards. Spine with, 5 raised bands, bright gilt decoration and gilt titles. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Printed label to verso of the front board: "Waltham Abbey Historical Society. This volume is deposited on loan by Cllr. G & Cty, Cllr. Mrs Tuck, Upshire Hall, Waltham Abbey". Small binder's stamp to top of endpaper: "Bound By J. Larkins". Light foxing and blemishes throughout. Contains 68 short biographies, each with an engraved portrait; of such people as Horatio Nelson, Thomas Cavendish, Sir Robert Walpole, John Ray, Sir John Hawkwood, Cardinal Wolsey, Robert Edward,Lord Petre, Sir Francis Vere, William Hoare, Humphrey Reprton, Thomas,Lord Audley, Edmund Hickeringill, Samuel Clarke, Sir Thomas Brandiston and many others. VG . ** "Jeremiah Larkins (1833 - 1907), He was working as a bookbinder at the age of 18 and progressed to owning his own business..." - See Wikitree Title: Lives of Eminent & Remarkable Characters Born or Long Resident in The Counties of Essex, Suffolk & Norfolk . Embellished with 68 Portraits. Author Name: [ CROMWELL, Thomas Kitson ?]. Location Published: London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees et al. 1820 . 0 Categories: 19TH CENTURY Seller ID: 50622 Keywords: 52097 jeremicounties of essex, cardinal wolsey j. larkins larkin jeremiah east anglia::19th century, john ray, sir john hawkwood, sir robert walpole, suffolk & norfolk cromwell, thomas cavendish, thomas kitson horatio nelson