[Rarebooks] FS: "An Inquiry into the Origins of the Antiquities of America" NY: 1839

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(AMERICANA) Delafield, John, Jr. AN INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGINS OF THE 
ANTIQUITIES OF AMERICA. With an Appendix, Containing Notes, and “A View of the Causes 
of the Superiority of the Men of the Northern Over Those of the Southern 
Hemisphere.” By James Lakey. New York: Published for Subscribers, by J.C. Colt. 
1839. 4to. 142pp. Illustrated with 10 lithographic plates (5 handcolored). Modern 
burgundy morocco over marbled boards. Some foxing.     $600.00 (trade discount 
allowed)
     This copy lacks the folding plate. See Howes D229 which notes “the 
folding plate is often lacking.”

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