BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN WILKES. Vol. I. Draft. Owned by William Jaques, jun. (f. ii). ff. ii+470. Old pagination 1-672. 245 x 200mm. Quarter leather binding.
BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN WILKES: draft and fair copy of a manuscript biography of John Wilkes by John Jaques; 1836. Jaques was the author of The History of Junius and his works . . . (1843). 59680 contains illustrations and cartoons from eighteenth and nineteenth century newspapers and magazines; this was possibly the first attempt at a full-scale biography of Wilkes. Cf. Add. 27783, Notes on his 'History of Junius' by G. Woodfall, 1843. Purchased of Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers, Cat. 10, item ...
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John Wilkes, MP: John Jaques, writer: Biography of John Wilkes by John Jaques: 1836: Draft and fair copy.