Physiognomical Portraits   Physiognomical Portraits,
One Hundred Distinguished Characters, From undoubted Originals, Engraved in the Line Manner, by the most Eminent British Artists.

(Edward Walmsley, 1822-1824)		   Vanity Fair 'Spy' Prints   Vanity Fair 'Spy' Prints

(1869-1914)
             
British Autography and Portraits   British Autography. A Collection of Fac-Similes of the Hand Writing of Royal and Illustrious Personages, with Their Authentic Portraits

(John Thane, ca. 1820) 		  Portraits of famous artists   The Portraits of the Most Eminent Painters, and other Famous Artists, That have flourished in Europe. Curiously Engraven on above One Hundred Copper Plates.

(F. Bouttats, P. De Jode, Senior, et. al., — London, 1739)
             
University of Edinburgh professors   Quasi cursores; portraits of the high officers of the University of Edinburgh

(Edinburgh, 1884) 		  Famous Naturalists   Naturalists from
The Naturalist's Library

(Jardine/Lizars
London, Edinburgh ca. 1840s)
             
The New Illustrated History of England   The New Illustrated History of England

(Charles Browning, 1890) 		  The Biographical Mirrour...(1798)   The Biographical Mirrour...

(London, 1796-1801)
             
    Famous Persons
(Mezzotints by Richard Houston,
ca. 1750) 		  Georgio Vasari's   Vite de' più eccellenti Architetti, Pittori, et Scultori Italiani (The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects of Italy)

(unknown edition, circa 1791-1811)
             
             
             
             
             
             
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