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Distinguished men of modern times

Print Book, English, 1838
C. Knight, London, 1838
4 volumes illustrations 17 cm
5120845
v. I. Dante to Raleigh
v. II. Lord Bacon to Leibnitz
v. III. Lord Somers to Hunter
v. IV. Gibbon to Wilberforce
At head of title: Under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
"A republication of the memoirs in the Gallery of portraits, published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge ... The lives of Catharine of Russia, of Madame de Stael, and of Mrs. Siddons, which appear in the Gallery of portraits, are here omitted." Notice, at end of v. 4