CATALOG OF THE ENGRAVED PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON

CATALOG OF THE ENGRAVED PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON
Charles Henry Hart
1903, The Grolier Club, New York

(important catalog raisonne of engraved portraits of George Washington, a project in commemoration of the centennial of his death )

1st Edition, limited to 425 copies
12 x 9" hard cover, blue paper boards, cream spine, gilt imprint.

Hand-made deckle-edge American wove paper,
406 pages, 21 plates of photogravure facsimilies of rare print portraits, each with tissue. Frontispiece is original mezzotint engraving by S. Arlent Edwards for the Grolier Club

In all, over 800 entries; "proem*, index, checklist cross-referencing another list of portraits by Baker.

Condition : vg to fine, no dust jacket

Ink signature of original owner Georgia S Chamberlain (1910-1961) American sculptor, scholar and writer on American painters, medals & medalists)
price ..............................................SOLD