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White House Gallery of Official Portraits of the Presidents

United states

24 FINE PHOTOGRAVURES OF OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAITS, LIMITED LARGE FOLIO EDITION, BEAUTIFULLY BOUND

(UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS). The White House Gallery of Official Portraits of the Presidents. (New York and Washington: Gravure Company of America, 1901). Large folio (17 by 22-1/2 inches), original three-quarter brown morocco rebacked, green pebbled cloth boards, original red silk wrap-around with presidential seal, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut. $2800.

Limited “McKinley Memorial” edition of this collection of 24 striking photogravures of American Presidential portraits from Washington to McKinley, number 320 of an unspecified limitation, in original three-quarter morocco.

"The official portraits of the Presidents as they hang in the White House have been selected from time to time as the best of each of our Chief Executives. Most of them have been painted by order of Congress, the artists being selected for their skill and reputation, and in most instances on account of their great personal knowledge of their subjects." Each portrait is accompanied by a page of biographical text, presenting "accurately and authoritatively the really great accomplishments of each administration." Without the laid-in broadside of McKinley's Last Speech, often found. Bookplate signed by the publisher, registering this copy to R.A. Fulton Lyon.

Plates and text fine, mild wear and soiling to original boards. A near-fine copy.

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