Modern Athenians : A series of original portraits of Memorable Citizens of Edinburgh
Crombie, Benjamin, W., (Benjamin William)0000
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"This edition is limited to 1040 copies, and the plates are destroyed." signed by A & C Black. Note from page 8 - 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".
Main title:
Modern Athenians : A series of original portraits of Memorable Citizens of Edinburgh / Edited by William Scott Douglas ; Drawn and etched by Benjamin W. Crombie.
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1882.
Collation:
xvi, 183p., colour frontispiece: 96 b & w and col. plates ; 29 cm x 23 cm.
Notes:
Drawn and etched by Benjamin W. Crombie, miniature painter, 1837 to 1847. Reprinted from the original plates with new illustrative notes and biographical sketches by William Scott Douglas.
Dewey class:
741.5
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3447880