Life of George Washington
By: By Washington Irving
Publisher: Putman
Published: 1855
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 10
Subjects: Portraits; History; Pictorial works
Notes: Added t.-p.'s engraved with the title vignette (2 ports.)

Text and title within lines.

Imprint date on added t.-p. differs from that on t.-p. in the different volumes; v. 5 has imprint: New York, G. P. Putman, 1859.

Text the same as that of the so-called "library edition", 1855-59; "to meet the wishes of the 'Illustrators', one hundred and ten copies were put forth in royal 4to, with the addition of 102 portraits and views on india paper." cf. Sabin, Bibl. amer., v. 9, no. 35189.

An extra-illustrated edition containing numerous illustrations and over 450 copies, including portraits, historic scences and places, facsimiles, etc. with sources of originals indicated for the most part.

Includes facsimile signatures of Washington and many of his contemporaries.

Illustrators include H.B. Hall and George R. Hall.