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Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America

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Sale 361: Natural History - Travel & Exploration - Sporting - Maps & Atlases (#361) 08/09/2007 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #64 Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$150

Estimate: $200 - $300

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Title:

Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America

Author:

Duyckinck, Evert A

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

Johnson, Wilson and Company

Date Published:

[1873]

Description:

2 volumes. Illustrated with 118 (of 119) steel engraved portraits plus 2 engraved title pages. (4to) 11x8½, period ¾ morocco and cloth.

Classic volume of biographical sketches of noted Americans and Europeans with fine engraved portraits, most with facsimile autographs. Lacking the portrait of Horatio Nelson.

Condition:

Joints and edges rubbed, some soiling to cloth, front joint on Vol. 1 beginning to split, hinges cracking; lacking one plate; internally very clean with only an occasional spot of foxing; else very good.

Item#:

181242

Headline:

Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women 1873
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