1870 Museum Perilous Adventures Native Americans Washington Perry Houston Boone
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1870 Museum Perilous Adventures Native Americans Washington Perry Houston Boone
A rare and fascinating 19th-century pictorial collection of historical biographies entitled, The Museum of Perilous Adventures and Daring Exploits. This work is filled with enthusiastically told famous, adventurous endeavors and biographical sketches of prominent historical figures. Notable figures include George Washington, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, Capt. John Haggin, Susquehanna Iroquois, Peleg Wadsworth, Gen. Samuel Houston, James Audubon, Capt. Daniel Morgan, Lt. Col. Daniel Boone, and many more!
This historical work is wonderfully illustrated with 48 full-page engraved plates, many of which are hand-colored!
Item number: #40557
Price: $499
[BILL, Gurdon] (Attrib.)
The Museum of Perilous Adventures and Daring Exploits; Being a Record of Thrilling Narratives Heroic Achievements and Hazardous Enterprises, Interspersed with Numerous Accounts of the Most Singular and Entertaining Facts, Found in History; and Embracing a Most Curious and Interesting Variety of Valuable Reading, For All Classes, Prepared from Authentic Documents, and Embellished with Numerous and Diversified Colored Engravings.
Springfield, Mass.: Bill, Nichols, and Co.; Philadelphia, PA: H.C. Johnson; Chicago, ILL: Bill and Hebon, 1870.
Details:
Collation: Complete
504
48 full-page engraved plates (including frontispiece)
24 hand-colored
24 black and white
Provenance: Handwritten – Mrs. F. A. Summers
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
Decorative red cloth
Size: ~7.5in X 5in (19cm x 13cm)
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40557
A rare and fascinating 19th-century pictorial collection of historical biographies entitled, The Museum of Perilous Adventures and Daring Exploits. This work is filled with enthusiastically told famous, adventurous endeavors and biographical sketches of prominent historical figures. Notable figures include George Washington, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, Capt. John Haggin, Susquehanna Iroquois, Peleg Wadsworth, Gen. Samuel Houston, James Audubon, Capt. Daniel Morgan, Lt. Col. Daniel Boone, and many more!
This historical work is wonderfully illustrated with 48 full-page engraved plates, many of which are hand-colored!
Item number: #40557
Price: $499
[BILL, Gurdon] (Attrib.)
The Museum of Perilous Adventures and Daring Exploits; Being a Record of Thrilling Narratives Heroic Achievements and Hazardous Enterprises, Interspersed with Numerous Accounts of the Most Singular and Entertaining Facts, Found in History; and Embracing a Most Curious and Interesting Variety of Valuable Reading, For All Classes, Prepared from Authentic Documents, and Embellished with Numerous and Diversified Colored Engravings.
Springfield, Mass.: Bill, Nichols, and Co.; Philadelphia, PA: H.C. Johnson; Chicago, ILL: Bill and Hebon, 1870.
Details:
Collation: Complete
504
48 full-page engraved plates (including frontispiece)
24 hand-colored
24 black and white
Provenance: Handwritten – Mrs. F. A. Summers
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
Decorative red cloth
Size: ~7.5in X 5in (19cm x 13cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!
40557
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1870 Museum Perilous Adventures Native Americans Washington Perry Houston Boone
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