[Rarebooks] FS: Eastman's AMERICAN ABORIGINAL PORTFOLIO, 1853, with steel-engravings

[Charles Agvent]

EASTMAN, Mary H[enderson]. THE AMERICAN ABORIGINAL PORTFOLIO. 
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., (1853). First Edition. Small 
Folio (9-1/2" x 12-1/2") bound in the publisher's gilt-decorated blue 
cloth. Illustrated with an engraved title page and 26 steel-engraved 
plates by Seth Eastman, the author's husband and one of the finest 
artists of the frontier American West. The Eastmans depict in words and 
pictures from their own firsthand experiences the life and manners of 
Native Americans in the 1840s. The plates are generally bright and fresh 
with all tissue guards present. There are spots of foxing here and there 
to some of the text pages and some of the plates. The binding is 
completely original with no restoration. The spine edges and tips are 
somewhat worn and the spine is rubbed, but the gilt is still visible. 
The covers are bright and strong. Still a Near Fine copy of this 
important title.                                    $2,500.00	

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