History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs, Embellished with One Hundred and Twenty Portraits. Philadelphia: D. Rice and A. N. Hart

McKenney, Thomas L. & James Hall

Date d'édition : 1855

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3 vols., large 8vo. 120 hand-colored lithographs by J. T. Bowen, most after Charles Bird King. Publisherâ s red morocco, spine and covers elaboratly gilt-decorated, a.e.g.Third edition, second octavo edition, with very clean and fresh plates. The first octavo edition appeared in 1848-50, following the folio edition of 1836-44. The illustrations are reduced from the folio edition, which Howes describes as â the most colorful portraits of Indians ever executed.â They are based on Charles Bird Kingâ s portraits in the Indian Gallery, Department of War, Washington, which were nearly all destroyed in the 1865 Smithsonian fire. The octavo edition contains an additional plate of â Red Birdâ , used as the frontispiece to volume II, as well as additions to the biographies.References: Howes M-129; Sabin 43411 (described as a later issue of the 1850 edition).

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• Titre: History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs, Embellished with One Hundred and Twenty Portraits. Philadelphia: D. Rice and A. N. Hart
• Date de parution: 1855
• Langue: anglais
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Illustrateur: McKenney & Hall
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: Very good