Lodge, Edmund.

Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. Engraved from Authentic Pictures in the Galleries of the Nobility and the Public Collections of the Country. With Biogrpahical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions.

London. Harding and Lepard. 1835. Second Edition. Spectacularly illustrated with 240 tissue-guarded full page copper-plate engravings of historical personages, each with short textual biography. Most engravings marked as " Proof ". 12 books in 6 Volumes. 9.0" x 12.0". Elegantly bound in full gilt ruled and decorated crushed red morocco.Gilt tooled fleurette frames to front and rear covers.Gilt ruled spine compartments with gilt-tooled frame embellishments. Gilt-tooled raised bands. Gilt titles. Ruled inner-dentelles. a.e.g.

Divided into volumes, and consisting of two hundred and forty portraits.

Volume I

1. Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry the Seventh 1502

2. Thomas Stanley, Earl Of Derby 1504

3. Margaret Of Lancaster, Mother Of King Henry The Seventh 1509

4. Cardinal Wolsey 1530

5. William Wareham, Archbishop Of Canterbury 1532

6. Sir John More Holbein 1533

7. Sir Thomas More 1535

8. 8. Queen Anne Bullen 1536

9. Queen Jane Seymour 1537

10. Sir Nicholas Carew 1539

11. Thomas Cromwell, Earl Of Essex, 1540

12. Margaret Tudor, Sister To King Henry The Eighth, 1541

13. Charles Brandon, Duke Of Suffolk 1545

14. Cardinal Beatoun 1546

15. Henry Howard, Earl Of Surrey 1547

16. King Henry The Eighth 1547

17. Queen Catherine Parr 1548

18. Thomas, Lord Seymour Of Sudley 1549

19. Sir Anthony Denny 1549

20. Edward Seymour,, Duke Of Somerset 1552



Volume II



21. King Edward The Sixth 1553

22. John Dudley, Duke Of Northumberland 1553

23. Thomas Howard, Duke Of Norfolk, 1554

24. Lady Jane Grey 1554

25. Henry Grey, Duke Of Suffolk 1554

26. John Russell, Firsat Earl Of Bedford 1555

27. Nicholas Ridley, Bishop Of London 1555

28. Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury 1556

29. Edward Courtenay, Earl Of Devonshire 1556

30. Cardinal Pole Titan 1557

31. Mary, Queen Of England 1558

32. William, First Lord Paget. 1563

33. Edward, First Lord North 1564

34. Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, King Of Scotland 1567

35. James Stuart, Earl Of Murray, Regent Of Scotland 1570

36. John Knox 1572

37. Thomas Howard, Fourth Duke Of Norfolk 1572

38. William Powlett, Marquis Of Winchester 1572

39. Sir William Maitland, Of Lethington 1573

40. James Hamilton, Earl Of Arran, Duke Of Chatelherault 1574



Volume III



41. Matthew Parker, Archbishop Of Canterbury 1575

42. Walter Devereux, Earl Of Essex 1576

43. Sir Nicholas Bacon 1579

44. S Sir Thomas Gresham 1579

45. Henry Fitzalan, Earl Of Arundel 1580

46. James Douglas, Earl Of Morton 1581

47. Thomas Radclyffe, Earl Of Sussex 1583

48. Edward Clinton, Earl Of Lincoln 1584

49. Sir Philip Sidney 1586

50. Mary Stuart, Queen Of Scotland 1587

51. Robert Dudley, Earl Of Leicester 1588

52. Ambrose Dudley, Earl Of Warwick 1590

53. Sir Francis Walsingham 1590

54. Sir Christopher Hatton 1591

55. Cardinal Allen 1594

56. Ssir Francis Drake 1595

57. Philip Howard, Earl Of Arundel 1595

58. John, First Lord Maitland, Of Thirlestane 1595

59. William Cecil, Lord Burghley 1598

60. Robert Devereux, Earl Of Essex 1601



Volume IV



61. Queen Elizabeth 1603

62. John, First Marquis Of Hamilton 1604

63. George Clifford, Earl Of Cumberland 1605

64. Charles Blout, Baron Montjoy And Earl Of Devonshire 1606

65. Thomas Sackville, Earl Of Dorset 1608

66. Sir Thomas Bodley 1612

67. Robert Cecil, Earl Of Salisbury 1612

68. Henry Prince Of Wales 1612

69. Henry Howard, Earl Of Northampton 1612

70. Lady Arabella Stuart Van Somer 1615

71. Thomas Egerton, Viscount Brackley 1617

72. Sir Walter Raleigh 1618

73. Mary Sidney, Countess Of Pembroke 1621

74. Thomas Cecil, First Earl Of Exeter 1621

75. Henry Wriothesley, Earl Of Southampton 1624

76. James, Second Marquis Of Hamilton 1624

77. Charles Howard Of Effingham, Earl Of Nottingham 1624

78. Lodowick Stuart, Duke Of Richmond 1624

79. Francis Bacon, Viscount St.Albans 1626

80. Thomas Howard, Earl Of Suffolk 1626



Volume V



81. Edward Somerset, Earl Of Worchester 1627

82. Lucy Harington, Countess Of Bedford 1627

83. George Villiers, Duke Of Buckingham 1628

84. Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke 1628

85. George Carew, Earl Of Totens 1629

86. William Herbert, Earl Of Pembroke 1630

87. Sir Hugh Middelton 1631

88. Henry Percy, Earl Of Northumberland 1632

89. George Abbot, Archbishop Of Canterbury 1633

90. Richard Weston, Earl Of Portland 1634

91. Walter, First Lord Aston 1639

92. Frances Howard, Duchess Of Richmond 1639

93. Sir Henry Wotton 1639

94. Thomas, Lord Keeper Coventry 1640

95. Frances Russelll, Earl Of Bedford 1641

96. Thomas Wentworth, Earl Of Strafford 1641

97. Robert Bertie, Earl Of Lindsay 1642

98. Robert Greville, Lord Brooke 1643

99. Spencer Compton, Earl Of Northampton 1643

100.Robert Dormer, Earl Of Caernarvon 1643



Volume VI



101. William Villiers, Viscount Of Grandison 1643

102. William Fielding, Earl Of Denbigh 1643

103. Henry Spencer, Earl Of Sunderland 1643

104. Lucius Carey, Viscount Falkland 1643

105. Henry Danvers, Earl Of Danby 1643

106. William Laud, Archbishop Of Canterbury 1645

107. Lionel Cranfield, Earl Of Middelsex 1645

108. Henry Somerset, First Marquis Of Worchester 1646

109. Thomas Howard, Earl Of Arundel And Surrey 1646

110. Robert Devereux, Earl Of Essex 1646

111. Arthur, Lord Capel 1648

112. King Charles The First 1648

113. Edward, Lord Herbert Of Cherbury 1648

114. James, First Duke Of Hamilton 1649

115. Blanch Somerset, Baroness Arundell Of Wardour 1649

116. Henry Rich, Earl Of Holland 1649

117. George Gordon, Marquis Of Huntley 1649

118. George Lord Goring 1650

119. James Graham, Marquis Of Montrose 1650

120. Philip Herbert, Earl Of Pembroke And Montgomery 1650





VolumeVII



121. William, Second Duke Of Hamilton 1651

122. James Stanley, Earl Of Derby 1651

123. Francis Lord Cottington 1652

124. Ralph, Lord Hopton 1652

125. Edward Sackville, Forth Earl Of Dorset 1652

126. John Seldon 1654

127. James Stuart, Duke Of Richmond 1655

128. Robert Rich, Earl Of Warwick 1658

129. Oliver Cromwell 1658

130. Dorothy Percy, Countess Of Leicester 1659

131. William Seymour, Marquis Of Hertford 1660

132. Lucy Percy, Countess Of Carlisle 1660

133. Archibald Campbell, Marquis Of Argyll 1661

134. Elizabeth, Queen Of Bohemia, Daughter Of King James The First 1662

135. Charlotte De La Tremouille Countess Of Derby 1663

136. Sir Kenelm Digby 1665

137. Montague Bertie, Earl Of Lindsay 1666

138. Edward Somerset, Second Marquis Of Worchester 1667

139. Thomas Wriothesley, Earl Of Southampton 1667

140. Algernon Percy, Earl Of Northumberland 1668



Volume VIII



141. Henrietta Maria, Queen Of Charles The First 1669

142. George Monk, Duke Of Albermarle 1670-1

143. Edward Montagu, Earl Of Manchester 1671

144. Anne Hyde, Dutchess Of York 1671

145. Edward Montagu, Earl Of Sandwich 1672

146. Thomas, Lord Clifford, Of Chudleigh 1673

147. Edward Hyde, Earl Of Clarendon 1674

148. John Powlett, Marquis Of Winchester 1674

149. Anne Clifford, Countess Of Dorset, Pembroke, And Montgomery 1675

150. William Kerr, Earl Of Lothian 1675

151. William Cavendish, Duke Of Newcastle 1676

152. Sir Matthew Hale 1676

153. George Digby, Earl Of Bistol 1677

154. William Howard, Viscount Stafford 1680

155. John Leslie, Duke Of Rothies 1681

156. Prince Rupert 1682

157. John Maitland, Duke Of Lauderdale 1682

158. Heneage Finch, Earl Of Nottingham 1682

159. David Leslie, First Lord Newark 1682

160. Dorothy Sidney, Countess Of Sunderland 1683



Volume IX



161. William Lord Russell 1683

162. Algernon Sidney 1683

163. Anne Carre, Countess Of Bedford 1684

164. King Charles The Second 1685

165. James Scot, Duke Of Monmouth 1685

166. Henry Bennet, Earl Of Arlington 1685

167. Francis North, Lord Guildord 1685

168. Archibald Campbell, Earl Of Argyll 1685

169. James Butler, Duke Of Ormond 1688

170. John Graham, Viscount Of Dundede 1689

171. Elizabeth Cecil, Countess Of Devonshire 1689

172. The Honourable Robert Boyle 1691

173. John Tillotson, Archbishop Of Canterbury 1694

174. William, First Earl Of Craven 1697

175. William Russell, Duke Of Bedford 1700

176. Robert Spencer, Earl Of Sunderland 1702

177. Frances Theresa, Stewart, Dutchess Of Richmond 1792

178. Archbishop Campbell, First Duke Of Argyll 1703

179. John Locke 1704

180. Catherine Of Braganza, Queen Of Charles The Second 1705



Volume X



181. William Cavendish, First Duke Of Devonshire 1707

182. Sidney Godolphin, Earl Of Godolphin 1710

183. Thomas Osborne, First Duke Of Leeds 1712

184. Queen Anne 1714

185. Gilbert Burnett, Bishop Of Sailsbury 1714

186. John, First Lord Somers 1716

187. Charles Talbot, Duke Of Shrewsbury 1718

188. John Churchill, Duke Of Marlborough 1722

189. Rachael Wriothesley, Lady Russell 1723

190. Robert Harley, Earl Of Oxford 1724

191. Sir Isaac Newton 1727

192. Francis Atterbury, Bishop Of Rochester 1732

193. Charles Mordaunt, Third Earl Of Peterborough 1735

194. John Campbell, Second Duke Of Argyll, And Duke Of Greenwich 1743

195. Sarsah Jennings, Duchess Of Marlborough 1744

196. James Butler, Second Duke Of Ormond 1745

197. Robert Walpole, First Earl Of Orford 1746

198. Charles Seymour, Sixth Duke Of Somerset 1748

199. John Montagu, Second Duke Of Montague 1749

200. Henry St. John, First Viscount Bolingbroke 1751



Volume XI

201. Richard Boyle, Earl Of Burlington 1753

202. Horatio, First Lord Walpole 1757

203. William Puteney, Earl Of Bath 1764

204. Philip Yorke, First Earl Of Hardwice 1764

205. Thomas Holles Pelham, Duke Of Newcastle 1768

206. John Manners, Marquis Of Granby 1770

207. John Russell, Duke Of Bedford 1771

208. Henry Fox, First Lord Holland 1774

209. Robert, Lord Clive 1774

210. William Pitt, First Earl Of Chatham 1778

211. Admiral Lord Hawke 1781

212. Charles Watson Wentworth, Second Marquis Of Rockingham 1782

213. Admiral Viscount Keppel 1786

214. Georage Augustus Eliott, Lord Heathfield 1790

215.Admiral Lord Rodney 1792

216. Frederick North, Lord Guildford 1792

217. John Sturat, Earl Of Bute 1792

218. Lord Chief Justice Mansfield 1793

219. Lord Chancellor Camden 1794

220. Sir William Jones 1794



Volume XII



221. Horace Walpole, Earl Of Oxford 1797

222. Jeffery, First Lord Amherst 1797

223. Admiral Earl Howe 1799

224. Sir Ralph Abercromby 1801

225. Francis Russell, Duke Of Bedford 1802

226. Admiral Viscount Duncan 1804

227. Admiral Viscount Nelson 1805

228. Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis 1805

229. William, First Marquis Of Lansdowne 1805

230. Willim Pitt, 1806

231. Charles James Fox 1806

232. Admiral Viscount Bridport 1814

233. Admiral Viscount Hood 1816

234. Her Royal Highness The Princess Charlotte Of Wales 1817

235. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K.B.P.R.S 1820

236. Admiral The Earl Of Vincent 1823

237. Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl Of Liverpool 1829

238. Sir Walter Scott, Bart 1832

239. Admiral Viscount Exmouth 1833

240. Arthur Wellesley, Duke Of Wellington

Various rubbing to covers, hinges and extremities. Some hinges neatly repaired. Volume 6 has been rebacked in like colour calf with original spine laid-on. Various scattered foxing and light waterstaining throughout, although marginal and not affecting images.A Very Good,imposing and regallybound set.Featured Sets.

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