Footprints of Famous Men

Designed as Incitements to Intellectual Industry

by John G. Edgar

Illustrations by Birket Foster

George Routledge and Sons, c1860, black and white illustrated frontispiece, black and white illustrated plates, embossed illustration on cover, gilded title to front and spine, hardcover

Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, some wear and tear to covers in general, a little rubbing and discolouration to covers and spine, age toned endpapers, foxing and marking to endpapers and introductory pages, tissue page facing frontispiece removed, cracked hinge, text block intact, no inscriptions (see photographs)

“Illustrated short biographies of famous men - men of action (Washington, Burke, Necker, Pitt, Lord Erskine, Lord Collingwood, Lord Teignmouth); men of letters (Dean Milner, David Hume, Southey, Moore); artists (Sir Joshua Reynolds, Sir Francis Chantrey, Sir Christopher Wren); and men of science (Dr. William Hunter, Black, Brindley, Watt, and Adam Smith)..”