Lives Of Great And Celebrated Characters Of All Ages And Countries: Containing Heroes, Conquerors, Statesmen, Authors, Artists, Extraordinary Humorists, Misers, Mountebanks, And Queens, Jugglers....; Compiled From Authentic Materials Illustrated By Several Hundred Engravings

New York: World Publishing House, 1876. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth, backstrip bright, decorated in gilt. Near fine. 767 pages. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. This type of encyclopedic publication for the masses was popular and common in the 19th century -- something for everyone. Napoleon heavily featured here with a side attraction -- an Irish dwarf (Owen Farrel). Remarkably clean copy with characteristic publisher design features of the period. All pages fresh and clean. Front cover decorated in black design, back cover in blind. Very slight mottling to back cover at base. Owner inscription free front endpaper.