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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

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. 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

6. 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

7. Memorials and characters, together with the lives of divers eminent and worthy persons ... : from the year one thousand six hundred to the present time / collected and compiled from above one hundred and fifty different authors, several scarce pieces and some original manuscripts, communicated to the editor ; to which is added, an appendix of monumental inscriptions, in Latin and English ...

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Creator:
Wilford, John, active 1716–1742
Date:
1741
Physical Description:
[4], iv, [8], iv, 788, 42, [2] p. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. British biography; or, An accurate and impartial account of the lives and writings of eminent persons, in Great Britain and Ireland; from Wickliff ... to the present time ...

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Creator:
Towers, Joseph, 1737–1799
Date:
1766-1780
Physical Description:
10 v. ports. (incl. fronts.) 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. 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

10. Noble dames and notable men of the Georgian era / byJohn Fyvie.

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Creator:
Fyvie, John
Date:
1910
Physical Description:
vi, 255 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

11. The Dictionary of national biography, founded in 1882 by George Smith. The concise dictionary.

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Date:
[1953]-61
Physical Description:
2 v. 24 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

12. 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

13. Eminent Victorians : Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightinggale, Dr Arnold, General Gordon.

Eminent Victorians : Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightinggale, Dr Arnold, General Gordon.
Creator:
Strachey, Lytton, 1880–1932
Date:
c1969
Physical Description:
xi, 351 p., 21 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

14. A painter of dreams and other biographical studies, by A.M.W. Stirling. With 15 illus.

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Creator:
Stirling, A. M. W. (Anna Maria Wilhelmina), 1865–1965
Date:
1916
Physical Description:
xvi, 366 p. illus. 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

15. The Spencers : a personal history of an English family / Charles Spencer.

The Spencers : a personal history of an English family / Charles Spencer.
Creator:
Spencer, Charles Spencer, Earl, 1964–
Date:
c2000
Physical Description:
xvi, 350 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library