1851 Catlin INDIANS Native American Wild West Buffalo Hunting Illustrated MAPS

1851 Catlin INDIANS Native American Wild West Buffalo Hunting Illustrated MAPS

 

George Catlin was an American traveler and artist known for his perspective and understanding of Native Americans and the American West. He wrote essays on the life and culture of Plains Indians such as Sioux and Iowa tribes. One of his landmark works was ‘Illustrations of the North American Indians’. This 1851 work, a collection of letters, anecdotes, and stories of his time spent with Indians, was published to memorialize the tribes with which he had grown so close.

 

Item number: #11981

Price: $750

 

CATLIN, George

 

Illustrations of the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians : with letters and notes written during eight years of travel and adventure among the wildest and most remarkable tribes now existing ; with 360 engravings, from the author’s original paintings

 

London: H.G. Bohn, 1851.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
  • I – viii, 266
  • II – viii, 264
  • 360 engravings
• References: Sabin 11537; Howes C 241; Field 260; Wagner-Camp 84;
• Provenance: Armorial Bookplate – Mackenzie, “LUCEO NON URO”
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Size: ~10.25in X 6.75in (26cm x 17cm)

 

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