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Portraits of Washington Volumes II & III. II.-Portraits in Oil Painted by Charles Wilson Peale and Others also Miniatures, Crayons, Charcoal and Line Drawings… III.- Sculpted Portraits Including Satues, Busts, Reliefs, and Masks, In Wax, Marble, and Plaster

Eisen, Gustavus A. · New York

Author
Eisen, Gustavus A.
Date
1932
Place
New York
Publisher
Robert Hamilton & Associates
Language
English
Binding
4to.(7.5" x 10.75") Quarter green leather over tan fabric with fancy gilt rule framing upper boards, gilt lettering to upper board of title and author. Spine with heavy gilt decoration, gilt title/author towards head, gilt vol#/subtitle towards center, gilt publisher towards foot. Rear boards blank. Top edge gilt, others rough cut, multiple pages uncut. Title page in red and black ink, both volumes with frontispiece, Vol.II's colored. Evidence of repair to upper gutters of both volumes. Head and foot of spines rubbed, chipping to both feet and head of Vol.III, rubbing to spine leather with small loss of color. Covers lightly soiled. Prior owners stamp to half-title and foot of some pages of The George Washington Life Insurance Co. Illustrated with 170 plates, most of those within text with tissue guards, other plates bound at rear of Vol.II without.
Format
Part of a Limited Edition of 3 Volumes in slipcase from what I can gather.
Category
History & Americana
Record
S.I.8282

Portraits of Washington Volumes II & III. II.-Portraits in Oil Painted by Charles Willson Peale and Others, also Miniatures, Crayons, Charcoal and Line Drawings… III.- Sculpted Portraits Including Statues, Busts, Reliefs, and Masks, In Wax, Marble, and Plaster. 1932. New York: Robert Hamilton & Associates.

4to.(7.5" x 10.75") Quarter green leather over tan fabric with fancy gilt rule framing upper boards, gilt lettering to upper board of title and author. Spine with heavy gilt decoration, gilt title/author towards head, gilt vol#/subtitle towards center, gilt publisher towards foot. Rear boards blank. Top edge gilt, others rough cut, multiple pages uncut. Title page in red and black ink, both volumes with frontispiece, Vol.II's colored. Evidence of repair to the upper gutters of both volumes. Head and foot of spines rubbed, chipping to both feet and head of Vol.III, rubbing to the spine leather with small loss of color. Covers lightly soiled. Prior owners' stamp to half-title and foot of some pages of The George Washington Life Insurance Co. illustrated with 170 plates, most of those within text with tissue guards, other plates bound at rear of Vol.II without. Part of a Limited Edition of 3 Volumes in a slipcase, from what I can gather.

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