19th-century-biographical-compendium
Lot 38
19th Century Biographical Compendium
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Duyckinck, Evert A., Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America (New York: Henry J. Johnson, 1873), two volumes, quarto, three-quarter leather over brown boards, gilt to covers and spines, over 100 fine steel engraved portraits are accompanied by biographies. The diverse mix of luminaries within includes the likes of Benito Juarez, Charlotte Bronte, Abraham Lincoln and Jenny Lind.

Wear and scuffing to boards from use; binding intact; some marginal damp stains.

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