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Jean-Francois Millet and Karl Bodmer
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Description
- Jean-Francois Millet and Karl Bodmer
- Une Histoire des Premiers Colons d'Amérique (The Story of the First American Pioneers)
- first image 360 by 530 mm 14 1/4 by 21 1/4 in
Four lithographs, the first two after designs by Millet (Delteil 25-6), all drawn on stone by Bodmer, three printed with beige tint stone (Delteil 25 lacking tint stone), all first states, before letters,1852, published by Goupil & Cie., on chine collé, with large margins, in good condition apart from tears at the sheet edges, the largest measuring 4 inches, scuffing and soiling in the margins, each sheet backed with Japan (4 prints)
Catalogue Note
Including: Rescue of the Daughters of Daniel Boone and James Callaway; Capture of the Daughters of Boone and Callaway; Simon Butler, the American Mazeppa; and The Leap of Major McColloch