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PORTRAITS] KAY, JOHN. A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1877. Second edition. Four volumes, fine three-quarters red morocco by Stikeman, cloth sides, top edge gilt. 10 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches (27 x 21.5 cm); various paginations, with approximately 361 engraved plates, all hand-colored. Minimal wear; Together with A Gallery of Portraits: with memoirs. Charles Knight London, 1833. Seven volumes, full green morocco by Stikeman, covers edged with two gilt rules, spines richly gilt, marbled endpapers. 10 5/8 x 7 1/4 inches (27 x 18.5 cm); various paginations, approximately 168 very fine steel engravings throughout. Fine set. Two very well-bound sets of biographies accompanied with portraits. Kay's fine etched caricature portraits were first published in 1838; the second (and most complete) edition is the present. C From the Collection of Walter Ward Jr.