The Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians (Vol: I & II)
London: George Catlin, c. 1841. Edition: First Edition. , Binding: Original publisher’s black cloth, rebacked saving the original spine. Gilt text and vignette on top cover. Gilt text on flat spine. Top edge gilt. , Notes: A scarce copy with plates 113 and 114 present. This copy does not contain the errata slip. Catlin began his journey in 1830 when he accompanied General William Clark on a diplomatic mission up the Mississippi River into Native American territory. St. Louis became Catlin’s base of operations for five trips he took between 1830 and 1836, eventually visiting fifty tribes. Two years later he ascended the Missouri River more than 3000 km to Fort Union Trading Post, near what is now the North Dakota-Montana border, where he spent several weeks among indigenous people who were still relatively untouched by European civilization. He visited eighteen tribes, including the Pawnee, Omaha, and Ponca in the south and the Mandan, Hidatsa, Cheyenne, Crow, Assiniboine, and Blackfeet to the north. There he produced the most vivid and penetrating portraits of his career. During later trips along the Arkansas, Red, and Mississippi rivers, as well as visits to Florida and the Great Lakes, he produced more than 500 paintings and gathered a substantial collection of artifacts.
George Catlin (1796 – 1872) was an American painter, author, and traveler who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the Old West. Travelling to the American West five times during the 1830s, Catlin was the first white man to depict Plains Indians in their native territory. Ex-libris bookplate of Edwin Allis DeWolf on verso of top cover.
, Size: 8vo (250x160mm, Illustration: Complete with frontispiece, 311 plates and 3 maps; all in colour. A scarce copy with plates 113 and 114 present. , Volume: 2 volumes, References: Wagner-Camp 84: 1; Howes c241; Streeter Sale 1805; Wheat Transmississippi 453, 454, 455; Clark III: 141., Pages: P. Vol I: Blank, frontis, title, contents (iii-viii), folding map, 1-264, blank. Vol II: blank, frontis map, title, contents (iii-viii), 1-266, blank., Category: Book Voyages General; Book Americas U.S.; Book Americas Indians;. A handsome and fine example of this work in original decorative publisher’s cloth. Plates are crisp, clean and vibrant. Item #B5384
Edition: First Edition. , Binding: Original publisher’s black cloth, rebacked saving the original spine. Gilt text and vignette on top cover. Gilt text on flat spine. Top edge gilt. , Notes: A scarce copy with plates 113 and 114 present. This copy does not contain the errata slip. Catlin began his journey in 1830 when he accompanied General William Clark on a diplomatic mission up the Mississippi River into Native American territory. St. Louis became Catlin’s base of operations for five trips he took between 1830 and 1836, eventually visiting fifty tribes. Two years later he ascended the Missouri River more than 3000 km to Fort Union Trading Post, near what is now the North Dakota-Montana border, where he spent several weeks among indigenous people who were still relatively untouched by European civilization. He visited eighteen tribes, including the Pawnee, Omaha, and Ponca in the south and the Mandan, Hidatsa, Cheyenne, Crow, Assiniboine, and Blackfeet to the north. There he produced the most vivid and penetrating portraits of his career. During later trips along the Arkansas, Red, and Mississippi rivers, as well as visits to Florida and the Great Lakes, he produced more than 500 paintings and gathered a substantial collection of artifacts.
George Catlin (1796 – 1872) was an American painter, author, and traveler who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the Old West. Travelling to the American West five times during the 1830s, Catlin was the first white man to depict Plains Indians in their native territory. Ex-libris bookplate of Edwin Allis DeWolf on verso of top cover.
, Size: 8vo (250x160mm, Illustration: Complete with frontispiece, 311 plates and 3 maps; all in colour. A scarce copy with plates 113 and 114 present. , Volume: 2 volumes, References: Wagner-Camp 84: 1; Howes c241; Streeter Sale 1805; Wheat Transmississippi 453, 454, 455; Clark III: 141., Pages: P. Vol I: Blank, frontis, title, contents (iii-viii), folding map, 1-264, blank. Vol II: blank, frontis map, title, contents (iii-viii), 1-266, blank., Category: Book Voyages General; Book Americas U.S.; Book Americas Indians;.
Price: $2,750.00