A Series of Original Portraits and Character Etchings (Two Volumes)
by John Kay
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 1841586579
- ISBN 13
- 9781841586571
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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LIMITED EDITION. Book if 585 out of only 600 in a limited edition run.
Two Volumes. Publisher's quarter grey paper with maroon cloth sides. Please note: This is a very heavy set, weighing in excess of 6 kg. Additional shipping charges may apply if shipped outside Ireland and the UK.
Etchings chronicling all walks of life in Edinburgh society at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries by the little known etcher John Kay, who was an ex-barber and native of Edinburgh who turned to etching relatively late in life and produced many hundreds of original naïve and mostly humorous portraits of his fellow citizens.
Kay's portraits were collected by Hugh Paton and published under the title A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay, with biographical sketches and illustrative anecdotes (Edinburgh, 2 vols. 4to, 1838; 8vo ed., 4 vols., 1842; new 4to ed., with additional plates, 2 vols., 1877), forming a unique record of the social life and popular habits of Edinburgh at its most interesting epoch. Kay's famous shop on the Royal Mile was destroyed during the Great Edinburgh Fire of November 1824.
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- Bookseller
- Catherine O'brien (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PKL1002
- Title
- A Series of Original Portraits and Character Etchings (Two Volumes)
- Author
- John Kay
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1841586579
- ISBN 13
- 9781841586571
- Publisher
- Birlinn Limited
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 2007
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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