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Publications
by
James
Rabins
und
Co.
Ivy
Lane,
Paternoster
Row.
IX.
THE
CABINET
OF
PORTRAITS,
a
Collection
of
authentic
likenesses
of
the
most
celebrated
characters
of
every
Age
and
Nation,
finely
engraved
by
Cooper,
Freeman,
Meyer,
Picart,
Scriven,
Thomson,
and
other
eminent
artists,
after
Kneller,
Vandyke,
Harlow,
Beechey,
Shee,
&c.
&c.
With
Biographical
Sketches,
by
ROBERT
SCOTT,
ESQ.
author
of
'
The
History
of
the
Reign
of
George
the
Third,'
&c.
On
the
utility
of
the
study
of
Biography,
and
the
pleasing
accompaniment
of
au-
thentic
Portraits,
it
would
be
superfluous
to
expatiate.
Portrait
collecting
has
become
;i
favourite
pursuit
with
so
large
a
portion
of
the
well
informed,
that
a
series
like
that
now
offered,
combining
superior
execution
with
inferior
price,
must
be
appreciated.
It
is
pub-
lishing
in
Parts,
each
containing
five
prints,
price
in
foolscap
8vo.
2s.
6d.
;
demy
8vo.
4s.
;
Quarto
proofs
7s.
Single
portraits
njay
he
had
at
8d.
Is,
and
Is.
6d.
each.
The
following
are
already
published,
or
in
the
hands
of
the
Engravers:
Addison,
Canova,