Notice Sur Les Indiens De L'Amerique Du Nord: Ornee De Quatre Portraits Colories, Dessines D'Apres Nature, Et D'Une Carte by Vail, Eugene A - 1840

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Wentworth Press. paperback. New. 6x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Wentworth Press. hardcover. New. 6x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Paris: Arthur Bertrand. Good with no dust jacket. 1840. Hardcover. Account of the Indians of North America (in French). Three-quarter blue leather over marbled boards with gilt and red on spine. Corners and edges rubbed with heavy wear on spine ends. Blue marbled endpapers, gilt top edge, deckle edge. Foxing throughout, mostly on edges, with moderate soil on first several pages. Four color plates including the frontispiece and one large fold-out colored map. The map has foxing and a one inch tear where it is tipped in and shows the location of major North American tribes. A general description and history by Eugene Vail, a United States citizen, who wrote a number of books for the French. Howes V 7, Sabin 98293. ; Color Illustrations; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; 246 pp .

Pari, 1840. 246pp. plus four color plates including frontispiece, and folding colored map. Original printed wrappers bound into later half cloth and marbled boards, gilt leather label. Corners worn, paper library labels on spine and front cover. Front wrapper torn at top corner, reinforced with later paper. Contemporary ownership inscription on fly leaf. Library ink stamp on titlepage and several leaves in margin, not affecting text. Titlepage and plates and facing pages lightly foxed. Good. Describes the Indians of North America, highlighted by four handsome color portraits of Indians, reduced versions of McKenney and Hall portraits. The folding color map illustrates the location of tribes throughout the continent, including the Eskimo, Algonquin, Iroquois, Cherokee, Choctaw, Blackfeet, Sioux, and Pawnee. HOWES V7. SABIN 98293. FIELD 1592.