Men of Mark. A Gallery of Contemporary Portraits of Men Distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in Science, Literature, and Art, the Army, Navy, Law, Medicine, Etc. Third Series [of six].
Book Description
First edition. 4to. pp. [iv] + 36 mounted woodbury-type portraits, each with accompanying leaf of text; some spotting, else good in the original decorated cloth, gilt, a.e.g., in bright condition.
Dealer Notes
Lock & Whitfield’s Men of Mark portrait series appeared in the years 1876-1883. This third series includes the usual range of figures, including the writer Anthony Trollope; the explorers Sir George Nares, Sir Francis Leopold McClintock, and Vernon Lovett Cameron; the scientists Charles Darwin and Richard Owen; and others.
Author
[Darwin, Charles; Richard Owen; Lord Napier of Magdala; Sir George Nares; Sir Francis Leopold McClintock; etc.]
Date
1878
Binding
Original decorated cloth, gilt
Publisher
London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington
Condition
See description
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