The spirit of the age, or, Contemporary portraits [extra-illustrated copy]
Contributors: Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832; Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834; Godwin, William, 1756-1836; Irving, Edward, 1792-1834; Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812; Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832; Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824; Southey, Robert, 1774-1843; Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850; Mackintosh, James, Sir, 1765-1832; Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert), 1766-1834; Gifford, William, 1756-1826; Jeffrey, Francis Jeffrey, Lord, 1773-1850; Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868; Burdett, Francis, Sir, 1770-1844; Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838; Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833; Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844; Crabbe, George, 1754-1832; Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852; Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859; Irving, Washington, 1783-1859; Knowles, James Sheridan, 1784-1862; Cartwright, Samuel, recipient; Tulk, C. A., recipient; Humps, Charles K., recipient; Inglis, Robert Harry, Sir, 1786-1855, recipient; Moxon, Edward, 1801-1858, recipient; Lawrence, William, Sir, 1783-1867, recipient; Meyer, Henry Hoppner, 1783-1847, engraver; Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785, artist; Rouargue, Emile, 1795-1865, engraver; Collin, Mlle., artist; Thompson, John, 1785-1866, engraver; Bollinger, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1777-1825, engraver; Bocquet, E., engraver; Brompton, Richard, 1734-1783, artist; Dawsons, engraver; Huffman, artist; Gordon, John Watson-, Sir, 1788-1864, artist; Lely, Peter, Sir, 1618-1680, artist; Heath, Charles, 1785-1848, engraver; Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859, artist; Chapman, J. (John), fl. 1792-1823, engraver; Finden, Edward Francis, 1791-1857, engraver; Phillips, Thomas, 1770-1845, artist; Picart, Charles, ca. 1780-1837, engraver; Gardner, Daniel, d. 1805, artist; Finden, W. (William), 1787-1852, engraver; Newton, Gilbert Stuart, 1794-1835, artist; Sanders, George, 1774-1846, artist; Armytage, James Charles, d. 1897, engraver; Droeshout, Martin, b. 1601, artist; Holl, William, 1771-1838, engraver; Watts, W. H., artist; Robinson, John Henry, 1796-1871, engraver; Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, artist; Morrison, J., engraver; Jenkins, Joseph John, 1811-1885, engraver; Richmond, George, 1809-1896, artist; Maclise, Daniel, 1806-1870, artist; Posselwhite, George W., b. ca. 1822, engraver; Adcock, George H., engraver; Sicurec, F., artist; Colburn, Henry, d. 1855, publisher
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Henry Colburn ...
Published: 1787
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
Subjects: Illustrations; Portraits
Description: Grangerized copy, by an unknown compiler, of the second edition of Hazlitt's The spirit of the age, or, Contemporary portraits; with 34 engraved plates, mostly portraits, by various artists; 1 manuscript leaf from Washington Irving's Life of George Washington; 22 autograph letters and manuscripts from literary figures discussed in the book.
Notes: Provenance: W. A. Foyle (book-plate).

Cataloged 12/14/2004 CCC