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Catlin, George Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American...
Catlin, George
Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians. Published by the Author at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, 1841. 8vo, half calf over marbled boards, spines with contrasting morocco lettering-pieces, marbled endpapers and edges; I: errata slip, b/w plates after Catlin's sketches numbered 3-114 [no 2 + 23, but with 100 1/2, 113+114 present], with add. unnumbered frontis., map, and three plates between pp.148-54; II: numbered plates 115-312 [lacking 137, 142, 149, 159, 246, 247, 271, 272], unnumbered map and chart. First ed., first issue of I (with 'Frederick' on p.104), second ed. (from title-page) of II.
A hugely important first-hand account of the lives of Native American tribes with a wealth of anthropological and cultural information as well as detailed and exciting pictures.
Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians. Published by the Author at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, 1841. 8vo, half calf over marbled boards, spines with contrasting morocco lettering-pieces, marbled endpapers and edges; I: errata slip, b/w plates after Catlin's sketches numbered 3-114 [no 2 + 23, but with 100 1/2, 113+114 present], with add. unnumbered frontis., map, and three plates between pp.148-54; II: numbered plates 115-312 [lacking 137, 142, 149, 159, 246, 247, 271, 272], unnumbered map and chart. First ed., first issue of I (with 'Frederick' on p.104), second ed. (from title-page) of II.
A hugely important first-hand account of the lives of Native American tribes with a wealth of anthropological and cultural information as well as detailed and exciting pictures.
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