Portraits of Washington
New York: Robert Hamilton & Associates, 1932. Item #047400
3 volumes (xxxii, 1021p.), original green half-leather with decorative tan cloth and gilt lettering on the spines and front covers, colored and b/w front., with the tissue guards, 256 b/w plates, t.e.g., o/w deckle edges, major index in te final volume, quarto format. Decorations by Edward B. Edwards. Printed by the Lisiecki Press in New York. Set number 183 of 300 hundred copies, SIGNED by Gustavus A. Eisen. Contents: v. 1, Portraits in oil painted by Gilbert Stuart. v. 2, Portraits in oil painted by Charles Willson Peale and other, also miniatures, crayons, charcoal and line drawings by James Sharples and others. v. 3, Sculptured portraits including statues, busts, reliefs, and masks in wax, marble, and plaster.
Price: $600.00