Author: EISEN, GUSTAVUS AUGUSTUS
Title: Portraits of Washington (Three Volumes, Complete)
Description: New York: Robert Hamilton & Associates, 1932. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Limited Edition (this is Number 298 of only 300 copies), signed by the author. Quarter green leather over beige cloth boards, gilt lettering and designs on spine and cover, green endpapers, t.e.g, fore-edge deckle. Profusely illustrated with 256 illustrations, including color frontispieces, photographs, color plates, numerous drawings and tissue-protected photogravures. A seminal set on the iconography of George Washington, it is a detailed and definitive study of the portraiture of George Washington in various media, including oils, watercolors, pastels, drawings and sculpture (but excluding prints and engravings). Three volumes: Volume One: Gilbert Stuart; Volume Two: The Peales and Others; Volume Three: Statues, Masks, Casts. Gustavus Augustus Eisen (1847-1940) was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He graduated from the University of Uppsala in 1873 and came to California the same year to partake in a California biotic survey sponsored by the Swedish Academy of Sciences. Struck by the opportunities abounding in California, Eisen remained in the state and made it his home. He became a member of the California Academy of Sciences the following year. Eisen's interests were numerous and he has been described as a horticulturalist, a biologist, a zoologist, an artist and illustrator, an archaeologist, a viticulturalist, anologist, arborist, microbiologist, cartographer, explorer, and would be considered today to be a pioneer conservationist. This is a large and heavy set - additional shipping charges may apply.. Heads of spines repaired with green leather, otherwise perfect; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. NEAR FINE. Color and B&W Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 323, (1) pp. Signed by Author. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

Keywords: Washington; George Washington; Portraits; Portrait; Revolutionary War; Declaration of Independence; Philadelphia; Virginia; Battle of Boston; Illustrated Books Art, Antiques & Photography Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books


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