The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, With Biographical Sketches: Containing Upwards of One Hundred and Twenty Engraved Portraits of the Most Eminent Persons Who Have Occupied a Place in the History of the United States Serial Publication. Vol. I. No. 1. To be Completed in Forty Numbers of Three Plates Each.

[Robert E. Peterson & Co.]

Published by Robert E. Peterson & Co, Philadelphia, 1852

About this Item

Bound wraps. 4 pages; 24 pages; 10 pages. Illustrated with two portraits of George Washington, portrait of Martha Washington and an engraved half title page. Ex-institutional copy with the stamp from the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio and a "Withdrawn" stamp top of the front cover. Newer white linen spine. Brown stains located lower corners of the pages. Portraits are in good condition. This is the first number in a series. Fair.

Seller Inventory # 32813

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, With Biographical Sketches: Containing Upwards of One Hundred and Twenty Engraved Portraits of the Most Eminent Persons Who Have Occupied a Place in the History of the United States Serial Publication. Vol. I. No. 1. To be Completed in Forty Numbers of Three Plates Each.
• Publisher: Robert E. Peterson & Co, Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 1852
• Binding: Wraps
• Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • American Presidents