[ CROMWELL, Thomas Kitson 1792-1870 ].: Lives of Eminent & Remarkable Characters Born or Long Resident in The Counties of Essex, Suffolk & Norfolk . Embellished with 60 Portraits. , London : Longman, Hurst, Ress, Orme, and Brown; J. Grieg, Engraver, Paradise-Row, Islington; And P. Youngman, Bookseller, Witham And Maldon, Essex. , 1820 .

First edition. Rebound in a very good half leather binding, interleaved with blank sheets. 8vo. [122pp.] . 10" x 6.25" x 1" . 19th century half calf binding. Tan calf spine and corners over faded brown buckram (a little rubbed). Hinges and corners carefully strengthened. Smooth spine with original leather title label. Printed title trimmed (removing previous owner's details). Hand-written contents (3pp.) in a neat contemporary hand. Contains 60 short biographies, interleaved with a blank sheet of paper. Each biography covers two pages, 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 may others. Very clean throughout. (Book ref. 37423)  £50.00

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