The Autographic Mirror: Autographic Letters and Sketches of Illustrious and Distinguished Men of Past and Present Times; Sovereigns, Statesmen, Warriors, Divines, Historians, Lawyers, Literary, Scientific, Artistic, and Theatrical Celebrities (Volumes I & II)
London: Cassell, Peter, and Galpin, n/d. Hardcover. Folio. 132,[48]pp. 133-264,[49-116],2pp. Volumes 1 & 2 of 4. Original blind-stamped green cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Includes facsimile signatures of Shakespeare, Lord Francis Bacon, Lord Byron, S. T. Coleridge, J. Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, Goethe, Victor Hugo, Immanuel Kant, Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon III., Lord Nelson, Robespierre, Schiller, George Washington, Oliver Cromwell, Alexander Dumas, Mary Stuart (Queen of Scots), Queen Victoria, and many others. Includes b/w reproductions of sketches and drawings by Rowlandson, Thackeray, Count D'Orsay, Thomas Barker, Henry Bright, John Leech, portrait of Shakespeare from a print by Martin Droeshaut, as well as other illustrations. Age wear, staining and scuffing on cloth. Head and tail of spine chipped. Small surface puncture on front board of Vol. I. Hinges staring. Usual age toning to leaves. Binding in fair, interior in overall good+ to very good condition. g. Item #25843
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