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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
LEWIS, James Otto (1799-1858). [Aboriginal Port Folio. Philadelphia, 1835-36.]
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LEWIS, James Otto (1799-1858). [Aboriginal Port Folio. Philadelphia, 1835-36.]
2o (447 x 280 mm). Three letterpress broadside prospectus "Advertisement" leaves to parts 1-3 bound at the front. 72 hand-colored lithographed plates after Lewis, printed by Lehman & Duval. (Lacking title, Ke-Wa-Din split at inner margin, "The Son" with five tears and creased, crude repairs to verso, Mauk-Coo-Maun with repaired tear, Kee-O-Kuck with three tears to margins, Shounk-Chunk with two tears and section of lower outer corner torn away, Tshu-Gue-Ga with repaired tear affecting image area, Richardville with various tears, one affecting the image area, 28 others with tears to margins, many with repairs to verso, some others with lesser edgewear, some occasional foxing.) Disbound betweeen modern board covers.
FIRST EDITION. Scarcer than McKenney and Hall's History of the Indian Tribes, Maximilian's Reise in das Innere von Nord-America or Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio, Lewis' work records the dress of the Potawatomi, Winnebago, Shawnee, Sioux, Miami, Fox, Iowa and other tribes at treaties of Prairie du Chien, Fort Wayne, Fond du Lac and Green Bay.
Publication of the work was costly and time consuming. The work was originally issued in 10 parts with 8 plates per number in printed wrappers. The publisher was forced into bankruptcy while part nine was in the press, however, reducing the edition and forcing part ten to be just barely finished and sparsely distributed. A projected eleventh part would have contained "Historical and Biographical Description of the Indians," but was never completed. The title (not present here) and three advertisement leaves are therefore the only text in the work, excluding that on the wrappers. Copies are found with 72 plates (as here, being the first 9 numbers), rarely with 77 and very occasionally 80 (the Siebert copy is the only 80-plate copy listed as having sold at auction in the past twenty-five years). Bennett p.68; Eberstadt 131:418; Field 936; Howes L315; Reese Stamped with a National Character 23; Sabin 40812.
2o (447 x 280 mm). Three letterpress broadside prospectus "Advertisement" leaves to parts 1-3 bound at the front. 72 hand-colored lithographed plates after Lewis, printed by Lehman & Duval. (Lacking title, Ke-Wa-Din split at inner margin, "The Son" with five tears and creased, crude repairs to verso, Mauk-Coo-Maun with repaired tear, Kee-O-Kuck with three tears to margins, Shounk-Chunk with two tears and section of lower outer corner torn away, Tshu-Gue-Ga with repaired tear affecting image area, Richardville with various tears, one affecting the image area, 28 others with tears to margins, many with repairs to verso, some others with lesser edgewear, some occasional foxing.) Disbound betweeen modern board covers.
FIRST EDITION. Scarcer than McKenney and Hall's History of the Indian Tribes, Maximilian's Reise in das Innere von Nord-America or Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio, Lewis' work records the dress of the Potawatomi, Winnebago, Shawnee, Sioux, Miami, Fox, Iowa and other tribes at treaties of Prairie du Chien, Fort Wayne, Fond du Lac and Green Bay.
Publication of the work was costly and time consuming. The work was originally issued in 10 parts with 8 plates per number in printed wrappers. The publisher was forced into bankruptcy while part nine was in the press, however, reducing the edition and forcing part ten to be just barely finished and sparsely distributed. A projected eleventh part would have contained "Historical and Biographical Description of the Indians," but was never completed. The title (not present here) and three advertisement leaves are therefore the only text in the work, excluding that on the wrappers. Copies are found with 72 plates (as here, being the first 9 numbers), rarely with 77 and very occasionally 80 (the Siebert copy is the only 80-plate copy listed as having sold at auction in the past twenty-five years). Bennett p.68; Eberstadt 131:418; Field 936; Howes L315; Reese Stamped with a National Character 23; Sabin 40812.