The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, Engraven by Mr. Houbraken, and Mr. Vertue. With Their Lives and Characters. By Thomas Birch,

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British Library

T143285

With a list of subscribers. Originally issued in parts; Cambridge University Library holds what is apparently a wrapper (mutilated) for one number dated 1740. At foot of p. 160: The end of the first volume. Vol. 2 was published in 1751.

London : printed for John and Paul Knapton, 1743. [8],160p.,plates : ports. ; 2