first edition Hardcover
1947 · Hebron & Philadelphia
by Sellers, Charles Coleman
Hebron & Philadelphia: Feather and Good & American Philosophical Society, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth rubbed at extremities. Very good in worn dust wrappers. 2 vols. Peale, Charles Wilson. 293 & 468 pages. 8vo, 23 x 16 cm. Twenty-six and forty-five illustrations, respectively. Index in each volume. Extensive bibliography Vol. II. In his early career Peale was a portrait painter, soldier and politician, and in later life turned his attention to the establishment of a museum of natural history. Franklin encouraged his project; Jefferson befriended and promoted it. KARPEL H416-H417. "...these volumes remain the standard work on Peale." Vol. I, a signed presentation copy.
(Inventory #: 15895)