A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England
Subtitle: with lists of their works
Publisher: Strawberry Hill Press
Published: 1770
Place of publication: Twickenham (London)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 572
Subjects: Kings and rulers; Nobility; Bio-bibliography
Notes: The text of the Houghton Library copy is extracted from Walpole's unpublished 1770 Works, with a four-leaf supplement paged *549-*550, 565-570, printed ca. 1798; trimmed, and inlaid in two volumes, bound in full diced russia, gilt; edges gilt.

Extra-illustrated with ink portraits (drawn directly on the mounts) and mounted watercolor portraits; the watercolor portraits in v. 1 are signed and dated by G. P. Harding, 1800-1804; those in v. 2 are in a coarser style, possibly by another artist.

Hazen & Kirby. Strawberry Hill Press, 16

Thieme-Becker. Allg. Künstlerlexikon, 16: 27