John Kay's Original Portraits Hardback
by John Kay
Hardback
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Birlinn's Limited Editions imprint celebrates the extraordinary work of John Kay with a magnificent, beautifully bound two-volume edition of Kay's portraits and caricatures, originally published in Edinburgh in 1837-8.
Alan Bell, social historian and former Librarian of The London Library, introduces Kay's life and remarkable achievement, emphasising how, with 'the impression of a passing glance', Kay created an engaging and unparalleled record of Edinburgh society during the Enlightenment.
World-famous figures such as Adam Smith, Walter Scott, James Hutton, Joseph Black and even Vincent Lunardi (in his famous balloon) feature alongside all kinds of Edinburgh citizens - eminent doctors and scientists, lawyers and clerics, ladies of fashion and their admirers, soldiers and merchants, murderers and criminals.
Volume 1: 824pp with 168 plates. Volume 2: 872pp with 188 plates.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:356 b&w plates
- Publisher:Birlinn General
- Publication Date:01/12/2007
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- ISBN:9781841586571
£200.00
£124.79
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:356 b&w plates
- Publisher:Birlinn General
- Publication Date:01/12/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9781841586571