The Book of Wonderful Characters

by Henry Wilson

Book Overview

Printmaker James Caulfield (1764-1826) spent much of his career publishing illustrated books about 'remarkable persons'. He began his first series around 1788 and continued it sporadically from 1790 to 1795, with books on a similar theme continuing to appear in the first decades of the nineteenth century. More than forty years after his death, this collection of biographies (produced in collaboration with Henry Wilson (fl. 1820-30)) was republished...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108044409
• ISBN13: 9781108044400
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 538 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"