"Designed and published by Robert Blake Hamilton and Associates; decorations by Edward B. Edwards; printed in the U.S.A. by Lisiecki Press, New York" --Verso of title page, volume 1.
Title printed in red and black.
Paged continuously.
Reproduction of George Washington's book-plate printed on lining papers.
Some of the plates have descriptive letterpress on versos facing the plates.
"This edition ... autographed by the author is limited to three hundred sets of three volumes."
"Gustavus Augustus Eisen, reproduction of a portrait by Wilford S. Conrow and an appreciation by Professor A.T. Olmstead" ([3] pages including a tipped-in portrait) is inserted following the table of contents in volume 1.
Contents:
I. Portraits in oil painted by Gilbert Stuart, by Gustavus A. Eisen assisted by C.J. Dearden -- II. Portraits in oil painted by Charles Willson Peale and others; also miniatures, crayons, charcoal and line drawings by James Sharples, C.B.J.F. de Saint MeĢmin and others, by Gustavus A. Eisen -- III. Sculptured portraits, including statues, busts, reliefs, and masks, in wax, marble, and plaster, by Gustavus A. Eisen assisted by Wilford S. Conrow
