Fine Books and Manuscripts

[Fine Binding] Duyckinck, Evert A. Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America. New York: Johnson, Wilson and Company, [1873]. 2 volumes. First edition, first printing. Full brown morocco over heavy boards with recessed central panels, intricate gilt borders, raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in remainder, gilt dentelle turn-ins, a.e.g, booksellers and binders’ ticket of F.L. Horton to front pastedown. Profusely illustrated with 119 steel engravings from original portraits by the most celebrated artists, including frontispieces in each volume + 2 additional engraved title-pages. Biographies include: Dickens, Napoleon, U.S. Grant, Florence Nightingale, Lord Byron, Marie Antoinette, and George Washington, and many others. 4to. Joints professionally refurbished, contemporary gift inscription on preliminary page of Vol. I; else a handsome set.