Quennell, Peter.

Four Portraits – Studies of the Eighteenth Century.

London, Collins, 1945. 14.7 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 242 pages with 8 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Deckled tail-edge. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Sun-fading to spine. Exlibris / Bookplate of R.G. Nares on front endpapers.

Includes, for example, the following: James Boswell – The Biographer / Edward Gibbon – The Historian / Laurence Sterne -The Novelist / John Wilkes – The Patriot / Epilogue.

• Keywords: 1700-1800 · 18th Century · Biography · Bookplate · British History · Eighteenth Century · English History · Prosopography
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 120313AB

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