American portrait gallery : containing portraits of men now living : with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions / by John Livingston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Livingston, John.

Contributor:

Books in Parts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Biography.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Advertisements -- New York (State) -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Zinman, Michael (donor)

New York State Library (stamp)

Physical Description:

4 volumes in parts : portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : [John Livingston] ; London : Sampson, Low, Son & Co. ; Paris : A. & W. Galignani & Co., 1854.

Notes:

Title, statement of responsibility, imprint and date taken from front wrapper of pt. 3. New York publisher's name supplied from "Circular" inserted at beginning of pt. 3.

"A new and elegant edition of this great work, in four volumes, comprising about 2,000 pages of letter press, and two hundred and thirty-eight fine steel portraits"--Circular.

Parts issued in green paper wrappers printed with publisher's advertisement.

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries by Michael Zinman.

Penn Libraries copy imperfect: RBC has pts. 3, 6 and 7 only; title leaf wanting; pt. 3 wanting back wrapper.

Penn Libraries copy has "Circular" (xvi p.) inserted at beginning of pts. 3, 6 and 7; front wrapper of pt. 6 has top outer corner torn off with loss of volume number; pt. 3 has ms. inscriptions in pencil and stamp ("New York State Library") on front wrapper.

OCLC:

43429277