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EASTMAN, Mary Henderson (1818-1890). The American Indian Portfolio...Illustrated by S. Eastman, U.S. Army. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, [1853].
2o (320 x 238 mm). Engraved title-page and 26 steel-engraved plates after Seth Eastman by C. Burt, J. Smillie, J.C. McRae, A. Jones, and C.E. Wagstaff & J. Andrews (some scattered foxing). Publisher's blue cloth gilt (some minor rubbing to joints and edges).
FIRST EDITION. The plates are after the author's husband, Seth Eastman, an accomplished artist and topographical draftsman. They depict Indians performing various rituals and activities such as burial, administering medicine, dancing, traveling, fishing, spearing muskrats and dressing a buffalo skin. "A beautiful book upon aboriginal manners and history, written by a lady and illustrated by her husband, both of whom were well fitted for the task by long residence among the Indians" (Field 477 note). Howes E-17; Rader 1269; Sabin 21682; Wagner-Camp-Becker 222c.
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FIRST EDITION. The plates are after the author's husband, Seth Eastman, an accomplished artist and topographical draftsman. They depict Indians performing various rituals and activities such as burial, administering medicine, dancing, traveling, fishing, spearing muskrats and dressing a buffalo skin. "A beautiful book upon aboriginal manners and history, written by a lady and illustrated by her husband, both of whom were well fitted for the task by long residence among the Indians" (Field 477 note). Howes E-17; Rader 1269; Sabin 21682; Wagner-Camp-Becker 222c.