1873 1ed Portrait Gallery Illustrated Lincoln Grant

1873 1ed Portrait Gallery Illustrated Lincoln Grant Bronte Dickens Washington 2v

A rare first edition of Evert Duyckinck’s famous ‘Portrait Gallery’ featuring illustrated portraits and biographies of some of the most famous and important men and women from European and American history. Biographies include authors, politicians, and military figures such as:

Marie Antoinette

Henry Clay

Prince Albert

George Washington

Goethe

Robert E. Lee

Charles Dickens

Florence Nightingale

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Ulysses S Grant

Charlotte Bronte

Abraham Lincoln

Thomas Jefferson

Lord Byron

Andrew Jackson

Many more

Item number: #8667

Price: $499

DUYCKINCK, Evert A.

Portrait gallery of eminent men and women of Europe and America: embracing history, statesmanship, naval and military life, philosophy, the drama, science, literature and art: with biographies by Evert A. Duyckinck; illustrated with highly finished steel engravings from original portraits by the most celebrated artists

New York, Johnson, Wilson and Co., [1873]. First edition.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes

Vol. I – [2], iv, 640

Vol. II – iv, 638

119 steel engraved portraits

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight & secure

Size: ~11in X 9in (28cm x 23cm)

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Condition Report: Excellent.