11-18-201211-18-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2621BBoston
November 18, 2012 11:00 AMCalender
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McKenney, Thomas L. (1785-1859) History of Indian Tribes of North America

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2621BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2012 11:00AM

Description:

McKenney, Thomas L. (1785-1859) History of Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia: Edward C. Biddle, 1836.
Folio, volume one only, containing forty-seven of forty-eight hand-colored lithographic portraits, lacking only Waapashaw, and with Elskwatawaw's portrait used where Tenskwautawaw's should be, one plate badly torn, another with smaller closed tears, and some loss to the image surface, bound in three-quarter leather, boards and preliminaries detached, some foxing, staining and tears to text.
The vivid portraits in striking colors and words in McKenney's book form an indelible image of the great civilizations of North America as they existed in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

Keywords

Philadelphia, Edward C. Biddle