Artists of America, The

Lester, C. Edwards

Hardcover. New York, Baker & Scribner, 1st, 1846, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 257 pages. Includes biographical sketches of Thomas Crawford, Rembrandt Peale, James DeVeaux, John Trumball, Gilbert Charles Stuart, Benjamin West, Henry Inman, Washington Allston. Brown cloth covers with embossed decorative borders, gilt titles decorative illustration to spine and cover, green patterned endpapers, all edges gilt, 9 b&w tissue-protected engravings. Previous owner's pencil inscription to blank preview page, wear and rubbing to cover edges and spines, cloth covering partially detached from lower portion of spine, noticeable foxing to most pages. A rare book in good condition.

Record # 806049