Biographical profiles of prominent English figures

Description

Historical and critical memoirs of England's most famous living figures. Work containing extensive details on the present state of the kingdom, relating to literature, politics, sciences and the arts. Paris, printing house of A. Egron, chez Duprat, Letellier, and company, 1803. 366 pages. Translated from English, 3rd edition. Full leather binding with red edges, rubbed edges. Volume II featuring: Sir Ralph Abercrombie, The Earl of Stanhope, Doctor William Mavor, Doctor John Gillies, Hugh Blair, Mistriss Robinson, Joseph Banks, Lord Grenville, Henry Addington, Chancellor of the Exchequer, George-John Earl of Spencer, Viscount Althorpe, Lord Viscount Hode, Admiral Lord Hobart, William Herschel, Miss Hannah More, Charlotte Smith, Colonel Edward Marc Despard, Sir Benjamin Thompson Earl of Rumford, Mr. Windham, Arthur Young, John Horne Tooke, Cowper, William Franklin, General Hutchinson, and others.