ANTIQUARIAN AMERICAN PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES ILLUSTRATED TWO-VOLUME SET, National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans:... from Original Full Length Paintings by Alonzo Chappel. With Biographical and Historical Narratives by Evert A. Duyckinck,..., New York: Johnson, Fry & Company, 1861-1864. Volume I rebound, volume II in original binding. Together with the same as originally issued in 76 parts, presented in original 38 wraps. All illustrated with copious steel-engraved plates. Forty (40) pieces total.
Provenance: Deaccessioned by the Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA to benefit collections care, preservations, and future acquisitions.

Volume I fine with very minor foxing, volume II with water damage to front cover and first pages, most plates in very good condition, parts in very good overall condition, loss to some wraps.
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