National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans
Language: English
Published by Johnson, Fry & Company, New York, 1862
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.Schilb Antiquarian
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Condition: Used - Very good
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First edition of this major nineteenth century American biographical work, published in New York in 1862 by Johnson, Fry & Company and written by Evert A. Duyckinck. Issued in two quarto volumes and illustrated with 133 steel engraved portraits after paintings by Alonzo Chappel, the set gathers sketches of leading American figures including George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and numerous political and military leaders. The publication appeared during the Civil War era and represents an ambitious national portrait collection in book form. Very Good; leather binding and corners over hardcover boards, binding tight and secure, mild rubbing to board edges, pages generally clean with mild spotting to preliminaries. Quarto (4to), two volumes. Collation: Vol. 1 – iv, iii-vii, [1], 9-488 pp; Vol. 2 – iv, 5-470 pp. Illustrations: 133 steel engraved portraits. Edition: First edition, 1862. #50121. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans
- Author
- Evert A. Duyckinck
- Publisher
- Johnson, Fry & Company, New York
- Publication year
- 1862
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Alonzo Chappel
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Schilb Antiquarian
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