Author : William Stewart
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266924159
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (241 download)
Book Synopsis A Catalogue of the Genuine and Extraordinary Collection of British Portraits and Historic Prints by : William Stewart
Download or read book A Catalogue of the Genuine and Extraordinary Collection of British Portraits and Historic Prints written by William Stewart and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Catalogue of the Genuine and Extraordinary Collection of British Portraits and Historic Prints: Consisting of the Sovereigns, Princes and Princesses, Peers and Peeresses, Statesmen, Knights of the Garter, Dignified and Inferior Clergy, Men Who Have Signalized Themselves in the Navy or Army, Gentlemen Commoners, Who Have Been in Great Employments Mr. Nichols, in hisanecdotes of the 'life of Mr. Bowyer, the printer, has given us the following Note: Antony Wood, in his account of Elias Ashmole, tells us, that m Ashmole' 3 Library he saw a large thick paper 'book, near a yard long/containing on every side of the leaf, three or more Pictures, or Faces of emi nent Persons of England and elsewhere (from Coppe1 Cuts) pastedon them, which Mr. Ashmole had, with great curiosity, collected and he remembers, that Mr. Ashmole told him, that his mind Was so eager to obtain all Faces, shat when he could not get a Face by itself he would buy the Book, tear it out, paste 'it in his (blank Book, and Write under from whence he had taken it.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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