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LODGE, Edmund (1756–1839). Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. Engraved from Authentic Pictures, In the Galleries of the Nobility, and the Public Collections of the Country. With Bibliographical and Historical Memoirs of their Lives and Actions. London: Lackington, Hughes, et al. 1821/34. 4 volumes. Tall folios. 240 engraved portraits. Period full hard grain dark morocco elaborately paneled in gilt with filigree tooling, flattened raised bands, gilt scrollwork and tulip tooling in compartments, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, BOUND BY J. WRIGHT (joints a bit tender with gentle rubbing to spine ends, pale spotting or foxing to plates, engraved bookplate of original owner; else a clean and attractive set). Provenance: From the private library of a local Chicago collector, part one.