1907 ART GRAVURES USA 26 PRESIDENTS WHITE HOUSE GALLERY PORTRAITS BIOS LARGE

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1907 Folio, 26 Art Gravures of Presidents, White House Gallery of Portraits, USA History The White House Galleryof Official Portraits of the Presidents. New York: The Gravure Company of America, 1907. Folio, leather, 26 gravure plates + 26 pages accompanying text. Executive edition. For your consideration is this richly printed book featuring gravures of the first 26 Presidents of the United States of America. From the Editor’s Note: “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. The appreciation and historical review of the life and administration of each President has been especially prepared by a leading American….” Condition notes: Good/as is. This folio, measuring 20 inches by 16 inches, is bound in leather; the front board is detached, its design lacking (please see photo). Spine detached. The 26 gravures of the Presidents and the accompanying pages of text, all printed on thick paper, are remarkably free from foxing and in very good condition. Historic.