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"Embracing kings, eminent noblemen and statesmen, great naval commanders and military officers, noted explorers, prominent reformers, eminent literary characters, theologians, &C., also a collection of caricatures on Napoleon and a valuable collection of portraits for extra illustrating, the whole embracing engravings by the great masters of the last four centuries in line, mezzotinto, stipple and etching, many in proof state."
Cover title: Engraved portraits of eminent Europeans belonging to James T. Mitchell