British autography. A collection of fac-similies of the hand writing of royal and illustrious personages, with their authentic portraits.
Thane, John,1748-1818.
[London] : Publish'd by J. Thane. Rupert Street Haymarket London,
[1793-98?]
Vol.3 bears the watermark date 1793.
In some copies the printer's name has been added on p.25 of vol.3: Printed by T. Rickaby, Peterborough-Court, Fleet-Street.
The text includes brief biographies, and most of the autographs come from John Thane's own collection.
The titlepages are engraved, and the portraits set in sepia frames.
Two of the plates are dated 1793 and 1798.
ESTC
Also reproduced on microfilm. Woodbridge, CT: Research Publications, Inc., 1986. The Eighteenth Century ; reel 4569, no. 01.