(To the nobility, and families of birth and affluence.) Proposals for a temple of fame: Containing the history and portraits of celebrated men from the age of Richard the Third to the conclusion of the present century

The British cabinet  containing portraits of illustrious personages, engraved from original pictures: with biographical memoirs. By John Adolphus, F.S.A.

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(To the nobility, and families of birth and affluence.) Proposals for a temple of fame: Containing the history and portraits of celebrated men from the age of Richard the Third to the conclusion of the present century

The British cabinet containing portraits of illustrious personages, engraved from original pictures: with biographical memoirs. By John Adolphus, F.S.A.