A Universal Biographical Dictionary, Containing the Lives of the Most Celebrated Characters of Every Age and Nation, To Which is Added a Dictionary of the Principal Divinities and Heroes From Grecian and Roman Mythology; and A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Living Characters. By Charles N. Baldwin; abridged from Lempriere embracing every article. Hartford: Published by Silas Andrus, 1829. Bound in the publisher's original full brown leather; text fore-edges marbled. Covers show rubbed wear, light chipping to the spine, old repair to the upper spine with a tanned piece of leather, shelf edges and along the spine are a bit worn; outer front hinge has been repaired at some point, inner front hinge cracked but holding, heavy to light foxing throughout (with very light foxing to the text margins). A good copy with the text generally quite tight. Octavo. 444 pages. Frontispiece portrait of George Washington. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE INTERESTING BOOKS THANKS!