Henry Thomas Ryall
Portraits of Eminent Conservatives and Statesman
London, George Virtue, 1836-46. Leather. A complete collection of Henry Thomas Ryall"s engraved portraits of eminent politicians in the nineteenth century, illustrated throughout with seventy-one engraved portraits. Complete in two volumes.Volume I illustrated with thirty-five plates. Collated, bound without one plate, a portrait of the Duke of Wellington.Volume I illustrated with thirty-six plates. Collated, complete.Originally published in parts.Ribbon markers are present and in-tact.A collection of short biographies on eminent Conservatives and statesmen of the nineteenth century.Volume I contains biographies and engravings of Sir Robert Peel, Benjamin Disraeli, John Wilson Croker, Abel Rous Dottin, Earl Hower, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, and more.Volume II contains biographies and engravings of George Alexander Hamilton, William Holmes, Thomas Lefroy, George Lyall, Henry Goulburn, and more.Compiled and engraved by Henry Thomas Ryall.Label to the recto to the front endpaper of Volume I. Bookseller"s label to the front pastedown of Volume I.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. In a full decorative calf binding. Externally, sound, with rubbing to the boards and spines. Fading to the spines. Some loss to the tail of the spine of Volume II. Rubbing has resulted in some loss of leather to the boards and spines. Light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the head of the front board of Volume II. Label to the recto to the front endpaper of Volume I. Bookseller"s label to the front pastedown of Volume I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with some spots and the occasional tidemark. Small tidemark to the tail of some pages of Volume I. Tidemark to the head and tail of some plates in Volume II. Volume I is lacking one plate. Ribbon markers are present and in-tact. Good . Ill.: Henry Thomas Ryall. Good .
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