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KENT. [WILLIS (Henry Norton)]. Biographical Sketches of Eminent Persons, whose Portraits from part of the Duke of Dorset's Collection at Knole. With a brief Description of the Place.1795

London: Printed for John Stockdale, First edition, 8vo (210 x 130 mm), xxiii, [1], 164 + 4pp., of publishers adverts, frontispiece engraved view of Knole, one further engraved plate, marbled endpapers, nineteenth-century half green morocco, marbled boards, all edges gilt, extremities rubbed but still a nice copy. The preface includes a brief history and description of the house, its contents and grounds. Provenance: From the library of Josceline Grove, with bookplate and their typed catalogue description pasted to front endpapers. Holmes, p.152; Cooper II, pp.154-5.

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