[Rarebooks] FS: "The Natural History of Man" 1843. w/10 (of 40) plates by George Catlin

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(ANTHROPOLOGY) Prichard, James Cowles. THE NATURALHISTORY OF MAN; Comprising Inquiries Into the Modifying Influence of Physicaland Moral Agencies on the Different Tribes of the Human Family. With Thirty-sixColoured and Four Plain Illustrations Engraved on Steel, and Ninety Engravingson Wood. London: H. Balliere... 1843. First edition. xvi,556pp. Index.Illustrated with 40 steel engraved plates (36, hand–colored) and 90 textwoodcuts. Cont. diced calf, gilt decorated spine (rubbed), brown calf label.Outer front hinge cracked but holding nicely.        $450.00(trade discount allowed)
Tenof the plates of North American Indians are by George Catlin.
 
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