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By: by Peter Parley ; embracing the most eminent characters of every age, nation, and profession, including painters, poets, philosophers, politicians, heroes, warriors, &c., &c. ; illustrated with 200 fine portraits
Contributors: Leavitt & Allen
Publisher: Published by Leavitt & Allen, no. 379 Broadway
Published: 1856
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 526
Subjects: Biography; Dictionaries
Notes: Leavitt & Allen was at 379 Broadway from 1856 to 1860.

"The English work, of which this is substantially a reprint, was prepared with care and accuracy, and brought down to the end of the year 1831 ... several European and about three hundred American names have been added in the present edition"--P. [2].

In original publisher's binding: Blind-stamped brown cloth over boards, gold-stamping on spine.