The American Portrait Gallery with Biographical Sketches of Presidents, Statesmen, Military and Naval Heroes, Clergymen, Authors, Poets, Etc., Etc.; Vols. I, II & III
Hardcover
1877 · New York
by Buttre, Lillian
New York: J. C. Buttre, 1877. Hardcover. Vol. I: Text block solid and text clean but with browning along top edge. Front cover/spine detaching from binding. Vol. II: NF interior; covers solid but with light rubbing. Vol. III: Text block NF, solid and clean. Front cover detached and spine loosened from binding.. Three quarter calf with pebbled morocco and 5 raised bands on spine; gilt decoration and lettering; AEG. All volumes unpaginated. Pale blue silk moire endpapers, frontispiece portraits and engraved title leaves to each volume. Tissue guards over each engraving. Steel engravings of 240 important historical people, including Washington, Lincoln, "David" Crockett, Sam Houston, Edison, Longfellow, Poe, Choate, James Buchanan, John Paul Jones, Martha Washington, and four other women, each with a lengthy biographical sketch. (Inventory #: 141384)