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Modern Athenians : a series of original portraits of memorable citizens of Edinburgh / drawn and etched by Benjamin W. Crombie, miniature painter, 1837-1847 ; ... with new illustrative notes and biographical sketches by William Scott Douglas.
Record no.:
1460
Author:
Crombie, Benjamin W. (Benjamin William), 1803-1847.;
Douglas, William Scott, 1815-1883.;
Publisher:
Edinburgh :: Adam and Charles Black,
Year:
1882.
Description:
xvi, 183 pages, [49] leaves of plates, 48 folded : [97] color portraits ; 29 cm
Subject:
Church officers - Scotland - Edinburgh Portraits.;
Edinburgh (Scotland) - Officials and employees Portraits.;
Edinburgh (Scotland) Biography.;
Scotland - Social life and customs - 19th century.;
Notes:
"This edition is limited to 1040 copies, and the plates are destroyed."--Half title page verso. Printers: R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh. Spine title reads: Crombie's modern Athenians. The series of portraits was originally "published in separate parts ... They were afterwards collected and published ... with this title: Men of modern Athens; or Portraits of eminent personages (existing or supposed to exist) in the metropolis of Scotland. Edinburgh ... 1839-1857."--Note, p. vii. List of plates, pages [ix]-xii.
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