Duyckinck Evert A., and Alonzo Chappel, NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY OF EMINENT AMERICANS FROM ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY ALONZO CHAPPEL WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NARRATIVES, BY EVERT DUYCKINCK, EDITOR OF ?CYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN LITERATURE,? ETC., New York: Johnson, Fry & Company, [1861date on first plate].  Two volumes complete, oe morocco/blue pebbled cloth hardcovers, 4to (10.5 x 8.25"), good / n.a., v.1: iv, 488 pp., v.2: iv, 502 pp. Bindings are worn at all exterior edges - more so at heads of spines, vol.1 binding is a lightly bowed out in the middle, hinges started, front joint of v.1 has been repaired with book binding tape as evidence in photo, general soiling and age toning. 

119 wonderful steel engraved plates from the original portraits of America's greatest heroes (and villains).  A spectacular duo of Captured Tyme!