The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans

This popular set published, as follows: Vol. I (Philadelphia: James B. Longacre, 1837); Vol. II (Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, 1835, and others); Vol. III (Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, 1836, and others); Vol. IV (Philadelphia: James B. Longacre, 1836), octavo (8.75 in.), matching full leather boards blindstamped with Aurora in her chariot on front and back, the spine with gilt American eagle over title.

From the Collection of Patricia Ann Leahy, Fayetteville, North Carolina

Foxing throughout; wear to hinges; a few introductory pages in volumes I and II are loose and the contents page in Vol. I, though present, is disbound; overall good condition.