1862 – National Portrait Gallery | First Edition, 133 Famous Engravings – 2vol Set

National Portrait Gallery is one of the most impressive collections of biographies of famous Americans with portraits of leading figures from American History. This incredible work contains biographies of American leaders such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton. The appeal of this work, however, is the portrait engravings by Alonzo Chappel.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: National portrait gallery of eminent Americans
• Author(s): Evert A. Duyckinck
• Illustrator(s): Alonzo Chappel
• Publisher: New York: Johnson, Fry & Company
• Edition: First edition, 1862
• Binding: Leather binding and corners
• Format: (4to), two volumes
• Size:  11.25 in x 9 in (28.5 cm x 22.5 cm)
• Collation:
  • Vol. 1 – iv, iii-vii, [1], 9-488 pp;
  • Vol. 2 – iv, 5-470 pp
• Illustrations: 133 steel engraved portraits
• Contents Include:
  • George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton
  • Famous inventors, military officers, explorers, and founding fathers

Condition:

Very Good. Leather binding and corners over hardcover boards; binding tight and secure. Mild rubbing to board edges. Pages generally clean with mild spotting to preliminaries. Complete in two volumes.

Why Collect This?

• First edition Civil War era Americana
• Full suite of 133 engraved portraits

Item Number: #50121