[Rarebooks] fs: Grolier Club, Engraved Portraits of Washington

[Back Creek Books]

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We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 10208 )  Hart, Charles Henry (1847-1918). CATALOGUE OF THE ENGRAVED 
PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON.
New York: Grolier Club, 1903. Limited edition, Quarter vellum, Folio, xxvi, 
406 pages, black and white plates. Near fine.
      Comprehensive survey of the engraved likenesses of George Washington, 
which took five years to complete. Many are reproduced in full page 
facsimile. The frontispiece is a mezzotint engraved specially for this 
volume by S. Arlent Edwards after an original oil painting from 1798 or 
1799, thus immediately creating an engraving not described in the catalogue! 
Published by the Grolier Club in an edition of only 425 copies. HOWES #H257. 
Bound in slate blue paper over boards with vellum spine and corner tips, 
gilt-stamped spine and boards, tissue-guarded frontispiece and plates, 
deckle fore and bottom edges. Binding shows mild rubs and shallow bumps at 
extremities, slight soil to spine....... $750.00
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