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1. Old England's worthies: a gallery of portraits, from authentic copies, of the most eminent statesmen, lawyers, warriors, men of letters and science, and artists of our country. Accompanied by full and original biographies, with illustrative woodcuts, and twelve splendid illuminated engravings.

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Date:: 1847
Physical Description:: 2 p. ., 272 p. col. front., col. plates, ports. 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain / engraved by Mr. Houbraken and Mr. Vertue ; with their lives and characters by Thomas Birch.

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Creator:: Birch, Thomas, 1705–1766
Date:: 1813
Physical Description:: [2], 216 pages, [108] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 52 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Histories of noble British families : with biographical notices of the most distinguished individuals in each : illustrated by their armorial bearings, portraits, monuments, seals, etc.

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Creator:: Drummond, Henry, 1786–1860
Date:: 1842-1846
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 56 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The Georgian era: memoirs of the most eminent persons, who have flourished in Great Britain, from the accession of George the First to the demise of George the Fourth.

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Date:: 1832-34
Physical Description:: 4 v. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons : from the revolution in 1688 to the end of the reign of George II. Collected from the most authentic accounts extant. / By James Caulfield ...

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Creator:: Caulfield, James, 1764–1826
Date:: 1819-1820
Physical Description:: 4 volumes : frontispiece, portraits ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Old England's worthies : a gallery of portraits, from authentic copies, of the most eminent statesmen, lawyers, warriors, men of letters and science, and artists of our country. Accompanied by full and original biographies / by Lord Brougham, and other distinguished authors.

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Date:: [1862?]
Physical Description:: 5 p. ., vii-viii, lxxxiv, 272 p. front., ill., plates (part. col.) 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A biographical history of England, from the revolution to the end of George I's reign : being a continuation of the Rev. J. Granger's work: consisting of characters disposed in different classes, and adapted to a methodical catalogue of engraved British heads; interspersed with a variety of anecdotes, and memoirs of a great number of persons ... / The materials being supplied by the manuscripts left by Mr. Granger, and the collections of the editor, the Rev. Mark Noble ...

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Creator:: Noble, Mark, 1754–1827
Date:: 1806
Physical Description:: 3 volumes ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A correct catalogue of the works of Mr. West.

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Collection:: Reference Library

9. Notices of the historic persons buried in the chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula, in the Tower of London. With an account of the discovery of the supposed remains of Queen Anne Boleyn. By Doyne C. Bell, F. S. A. ...

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Creator:: Bell, Doyne C. (Doyne Courtenay), 1831–1888
Date:: 1877
Physical Description:: xiii, [1] p., 1 l., 340 p. incl. front., illus., 4 pl., 2 plans. 1 fold. pl. 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

10. A historical description of Westminster Abbey, its monuments and curiosities.

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Creator:: Westminster Abbey
Date:: [1870?]
Physical Description:: 132 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

11. English eccentrics and eccentricities. By John Timbs ...

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Creator:: Timbs, John, 1801–1875
Date:: 1866
Physical Description:: 2 v. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

12. Biographical catalogue of the pictures at Woburn Abbey. Compiled by Adeline Marie Tavistock and Ela M. S. Russell.

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Creator:: Bedford, Adeline Marie Somers-Cocks Russell, Duchess of, 1852–1920
Date:: 1890-[1892?]
Physical Description:: 2 v. illus. 24 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

13. 'Brief lives', chiefly of contemporaries, : set down by John Aubrey, between the years 1669 & 1696 / edited from the author's mss. by Andrew Clark ...

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Creator:: Aubrey, John, 1626–1697
Date:: 1898
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations, facsimiles ; 23 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

14. Report, preceded by copies of a letter from the Office of Works, &c., and of resolutions of the Council.

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Creator:: Society of Antiquaries of London. Sepulchral Monuments Committee
Date:: 1872
Physical Description:: 57 p. 33 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

15. The Cabinet portrait gallery. Reproduced from original photographs by W. & D. Downey.

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Date:: 1890-94
Physical Description:: 5 v. mounted fronts., mounted ports. 26 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

16. Last homes of departed genius; with biographical sketches of poets, painters, and players. By T.P. Grinsted ..

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Creator:: Grinsted, T. P
Date:: 1867
Physical Description:: xiii, 304 p. front., plates. 17 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

17. Kelly's handbook to the titled, landed and official classes 1948 : Seventy-fourth annual edition.

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Date:: 1948
Physical Description:: xc, 2190 pages : advertisements ; 21 cm
Collection:: Reference Library