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New York: Arno Press and New York Times, 1970. Hardcover. VG (A few small tears at heads of spines, otherwise clean.). 4 vols. Green cloth, gilt letters on spines and front covers, with gilt decoration on front cover; 1582 total pp., 100+ BW engravings. The complete four-volume set, a reprint of the original published between 1834 and 1839. With a new introduction by Robert G. Stewart. Contains biographies and portraits of 144 "distinguished Americans" of the first decades of the United States, as rendered by 50 artists and 24 engravers. "In many cases, the portrait engravings from it have become the best known likenesses of the subjects, and are still being reproduced as likenesses, but now through photographs of the engravings." (p. xi) The fourth volume includes an index to the subjects, artists, and engravers.
The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans - 4 Volumes by Longacre, James B. and Herring, James - 1835
by Longacre, James B. and Herring, James
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The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans - 4 Volumes
by Longacre, James B. and Herring, James
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Philadelphia, PA: Henry Perkins. Very Good. 1835. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good set of 4 volumes bound in three quarter leather. All volumes are tight in the binding, Leather has some light wear and scuffing. Text is foxed throughout. There is a prior owner's name label attached to the front boards. ; 10" x 7 1/2" .
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- Place of Publication Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published 1835
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The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans (4-volume set)
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The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans (4-volume set)
by Longacre, James B. and James Herring
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New York: Arno Press and New York Times, 1970. Hardcover. VG- (Ex-art library, with labels on spines, i.d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages, incl. rear pockets; some scuffs to some covers; pages are clean.). 4 vols. Green cloth, gilt letters on spines and front covers, with gilt decoration on front cover; 1582 total pp., 100+ BW engravings. The complete four-volume set, a reprint of the original published between 1834 and 1839. With a new introduction by Robert G. Stewart. Contains biographies and portraits of 144 "distinguished Americans" of the first decades of the United States, as rendered by 50 artists and 24 engravers. "In many cases, the portrait engravings from it have become the best known likenesses of the subjects, and are still being reproduced as likenesses, but now through photographs of the engravings." (p. xi) The fourth volume includes an index to the subjects, artists, and engravers.
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