The American Aboriginal Portfolio
Philadelphia: Lippincott Grambo & Co, 1853.
Illustrated by Seth Eastman illustrations. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Item #16204
9" rear spine edge tear, cloth darkened, edgeworn with chipping to spine head, spine tail and corners, tone with foxing, 1855 gift inscription on front free endpaper, wear. Still solid oversize hardcover. ; A selection of 26 Seth Eastman plates of Native Americans from volumes 1-3 (1851-1853) of Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe; Historical and statistical information respecting the history, condition, and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States, each with a short explanatory essay by Mary Eastman. Added engraved title page: The American Aboriginal Port Folio. With vignette "Engraved by Illman & Sons." Cover title: Eastman's Aboriginal Portfolio. 42 leaves, pages [i-iii] iv-v [vi-viii (viii blank)] [9] 10-84 + 25 plates (each preceded by a bound-in guard sheet). Plates engraved by Charles K. Burt, James Smillie, John C. McRae, C.E. Wagstaff & J. Andrews, and Alfred Jones. First plate, a portrait of Red Jacket, bound as frontispiece. Issued in blue cloth, stamped in gold; all edges gilt. Richard A Hand; A Bookman's Guide to the Indians of the Americas; E17. ; 84, 25 l pages.
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