Lodge, Edmund

Portraits of Illustrious Personages of the Court of Henry VIII. ..WithBiographical and Historical Memoirs by Edmund Lodge. Published by JohnChamberlaine, F.S.A., Keeper of the King's Drawing and Medals

London: William Bulmer and Co., Shakespeare Printing-Office, 1828 A handsome collection of portraits, many printed on toned paper, with letterpress commentaries on the subjects' lives. In addition to the 80 portraits called for in the printed "List of Plates", there should also be 4 plates which that list omits: the portrait of Holbein himself, that of his wife, and the portraits of Henry and Charles, sons of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk (HOLBEIN, HANS) Second edition. Folio (14 x 10 inches). With 84 hand- colored stipple engravings after drawings by Hans Holbein in the Royal collections with tissue guards. Printed on pink or white paper. Unpaginated. Contemporary 3/4 red morocco, panelled spine elaborately gilt with brown morocco lettering-piece, a.e.g., original spine neatly laid down

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• ordernr.: 44152

• bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller Inc. (USA)