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Book/Printed Material The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain, on one hundred and eight copper-plates

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Title

  • The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain, on one hundred and eight copper-plates

Names

  • Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698-1780, engraver
  • Birch, Thomas, 1705-1766
  • Vertue, George, 1684-1756, engraver
  • Knapton, John, 1696-1770, bookseller
  • Levis, Howard Coppuck, former owner
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London, J. Knapton, 1756.

Headings

  • -  Great Britain--Biography
  • -  Great Britain--Biography--Portraits
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1751
  • -  English short title catalogue, N32847
  • -  LC copy has the bookplate of Howard C. Levis.
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-04-04 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 2 v. (216 p.) ports. 51 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DA28 .H6 1756

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 54000091

OCLC Number

  • 8142062

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Houbraken, Jacobus, Engraver, Thomas Birch, George Vertue, John Knapton, Howard Coppuck Levis, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain, on one hundred and eight copper-plates. London, J. Knapton, 1756. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/54000091/.

APA citation style:

Houbraken, J., Birch, T., Vertue, G., Knapton, J., Levis, H. C. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1756) The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain, on one hundred and eight copper-plates. London, J. Knapton. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/54000091/.

MLA citation style:

Houbraken, Jacobus, Engraver, et al. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain, on one hundred and eight copper-plates. London, J. Knapton, 1756. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/54000091/>.