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McKenney, Thomas & James Hall
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Description
- History of the Indian Tribes of North America... Philadelphia: Rice, Sutter & Co., 1865
- paper, ink, leather, gilt
Three volumes. 8vo. 120 hand-colored lithographed plates by J.T. Bowen, most after Charles Bird King. Original publisher's brown blind-stamped morocco, all edges gilt; extremities lightly rubbed, 1 gathering in vol 2 detached but present.
Literature
Howes M129
Catalogue Note
The first octavo edition appeared in 1848-50, following the folio edition of 1836-1844. The plates have been called "The most colorful portraits of Indians ever executed" (Howes), and are from King's portraits in the Indian Gallery, Department of War, Washington, which were all destroyed in the 1865 Smithsonian fire.