[Rarebooks] FS: Lives of Eminent Philadelphians, expanded to 3 vols, morocco

[Bob Petrilla]

Simpson, Henry. THE LIVES OF EMINENT PHILADELPHIANS, NOW DECEASED,
COLLECTED FROM ORIGINAL AND AUTHENTIC SOURCES: Illustrated with 44 fine
engravings [this set extra-illustrated with 225 additional plates].
Philadelphia: William Brotherhead, 1859. First Edition. Three (3) volumes,
large quarto. 993pp, including three-page List of Subscribers; nearly 270
engraved plates. Bound in 3/4 morocco and cloth, spines with raised bands
and gilt-ruled compartments, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers; few old,
minor stains to cloth, otherwise a clean and tight set. 11.5" x 9" Very
Good. Morocco & Cloth.
[Howes, U.S.iana S496-"b" value with 44 plates. This extra-illustrated
set--one volume expanded to three--is not found elsewhere.]    $1,000.00


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