Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians: In a series of letters and notes written during eight years of travel and adventure among the wildest and most remarkable tribes now existing. Fifth edition. 2 volumes.

Americana - Catlin, Geo(rge):

Edité par London, H. G. Bohn, 1845.

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viii, 264, viii, 265 pp. With three hundred and sixty engravings, from the author's original paintings (including 2 maps). Small 4to. Red editor's cloth with gilt vignettes on spines and front boards, gilt title on spines. A little bit rubbed and knocked; heads and tails with minor defects; inner joints split, but tight. Armorial "Exlibris Liechtensteinianis" (i.e. Franz Josef II, Prince of Liechtentein) on front paste-downs. Only from the 1876 edition on the plates are in colour. The classic work on the Indians of North America, first published in 1841. EN.

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• Titre: Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians: In a series of letters and notes written during eight years of travel and adventure among the wildest and most remarkable tribes now existing. Fifth edition. 2 volumes.
• Éditeur: London, H. G. Bohn, 1845.
• Poids: 3000 grammes