British autography.
Subtitle: A collection of fac-similies of the hand writing of royal and illustrious personages, with their authentic portraits.
Contributors: Thane, John, 1748-1818, publisher.
Publisher: Publish'd by J. Thane. Rupert Street Haymarket London
Published: 1793
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Notes: 1793 is a conjectual date. Rickaby was at Peterborough-court in 1794 (Maxted) and Thane at Rupert St until 1794.

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 titlepages are engraved, and the portraits set in sepia frames.

Two of the plates are dated 1793 and 1798.

Vol.3 bears the watermark date 1793.

The text includes brief biographies, and most of the autographs come from John Thane's own collection.

Also available as: Microfilm. - Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. - 1 reel ; 35mm. - (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 4569, no. 01).