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Massive Celebration of Washington
Bowen, Clarence Winthrop [editor]. THE HISTORY OF THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE INAUGURATION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AS FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1892. Thick folio [35 by 28 by 8 cm], original tan cloth, decorated in blind and gilt; Washington Centennial Medal impressed in gilt on the covers; all page edges gilt. Fine frontispiece portrait etching by Max Rosenthal with tissue guard; xviii, 673, (1) pages; maps, facsimiles, numerous plates and text illustrations depicting more than 1000 fine portraits, views, relics, etc., including illustrations of 25 varieties of the official centennial medal, and other medals. Ex-library copy, with spine numbers and a few stamps, but with no really bothersome markings. Spine worn at joints, with tear to spine toward head; still very good, overall. A luxurious and exhaustive work on the topic, featuring valuable notes by Bowen on the portraits depicting the principal likenesses of Washington, signers of the Declaration of Independence, delegates to the first Congress, other notables of the period, and, of course, illustrations and information on the official and other centennial medals. Quite scarce. Despite a few library markings, this is, overall, a rather nice example of this massive work whose weight (in excess of 15 pounds) usually overwhelms its binding.
Bowen, Clarence Winthrop [editor]. THE HISTORY OF THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE INAUGURATION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AS FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1892. Thick folio [35 by 28 by 8 cm], original tan cloth, decorated in blind and gilt; Washington Centennial Medal impressed in gilt on the covers; all page edges gilt. Fine frontispiece portrait etching by Max Rosenthal with tissue guard; xviii, 673, (1) pages; maps, facsimiles, numerous plates and text illustrations depicting more than 1000 fine portraits, views, relics, etc., including illustrations of 25 varieties of the official centennial medal, and other medals. Ex-library copy, with spine numbers and a few stamps, but with no really bothersome markings. Spine worn at joints, with tear to spine toward head; still very good, overall. A luxurious and exhaustive work on the topic, featuring valuable notes by Bowen on the portraits depicting the principal likenesses of Washington, signers of the Declaration of Independence, delegates to the first Congress, other notables of the period, and, of course, illustrations and information on the official and other centennial medals. Quite scarce. Despite a few library markings, this is, overall, a rather nice example of this massive work whose weight (in excess of 15 pounds) usually overwhelms its binding.