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McKenney, Thomas L. and James Hall
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12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description
- History of the Indian Tribes of North America... Philadelphia: D. Rice & A. N. Hart, 1855.
- paper, ink, leather
3 volumes. 8vo (273 x 191 mm). 120 hand-colored lithographed plates by J.T. Bowen, most after Charles Bird King. Original publisher's brown blind-stamped morocco, gilt edges, occasional very slight soiling (binding of vol. II detached from spine).
Provenance
George Raithel Brooks. St Louis (bookplate)
Literature
Howes M 129; Sabin 43411
Catalogue Note
Third edition, second octavo.
The first octavo edition appeared in 1848-50, following the folio edition of 1836-1844. The plates. "The most colorful portraits of Indians ever executed" (Howes) are from King's portraits in the Indian Gallery, Department of War, Washington, which were all destroyed in the 1865 Smithsonian fire.
The first octavo edition appeared in 1848-50, following the folio edition of 1836-1844. The plates. "The most colorful portraits of Indians ever executed" (Howes) are from King's portraits in the Indian Gallery, Department of War, Washington, which were all destroyed in the 1865 Smithsonian fire.