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"The American Portrait Gallery with Biographical Sketches of Presidents, Statesmen, Military and Naval Heroes, Clergymen, Authors, Poets, etc." by Lillian C. Buttre — Two volume set — 1778

"The American Portrait Gallery with Biographical Sketches of Presidents, Statesmen, Military and Naval Heroes, Clergymen, Authors, Poets, etc." by Lillian C. Buttre — Two volume set — 1778

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The American Portrait Gallery with Biographical Sketches of Presidents, Statesmen, Military and Naval Heroes, Clergymen, Authors, Poets, etc." by Lillian C. Buttre. Published by J.C. Buttre in New York, 1778.

First two volumes of what later became a three volume set.

Originally issued in sixty unbound parts, containing 240 steel plate engravings of important Americans, this set includes the first 160 portraits plus two pages of biographical material for each.

In very good condition. While some of the pages have some yellowing, the pages with the plates are in excellent condition and bright white.

Also available, "The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans" by James Herring and James Barton Longacre — Two volume set

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