GALLERY OF AMERICAN PORTRAITS
by Watterston, George
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Washington, [DC]: Published by Pishey Thompson. A. Rothwell, Printer, 1830. 12mo. 123pp. Vignettes of statesmen Madison, Monroe, J.Q. Adams, William H. Crawford, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, William Wirt, William Pinckney, William Lowndes, Rufus King, Richard Rush, John Holmes, Peleg Sprague, Daniel Webster, Theodore Frelinghuysen, John M. Clayton, John Randolph, Littleton W. Tazewell, Robert Y. Hayne, John Forsyth, Edward Livingston, Josiah S. Johnston, David Barton, Edward Everett, John Davis, Tristam Burges, Henry R. Storrs, George McDuffie. Black half sheep with marbled boards, gilt rules on spine. This copy bears the inscription of John Holmes, a Senator from Maine who is profiled here, to his daughter Mrs. Sarah Goodenow.
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- Bookseller
- Bartlebys Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63283
- Title
- GALLERY OF AMERICAN PORTRAITS
- Author
- Watterston, George
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by Pishey Thompson. A. Rothwell, Printer
- Place of Publication
- Washington, [DC]
- Date Published
- 1830
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Marbled boards
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...