[Rarebooks] FS: First Colored Edition of Catlin's Great Work on North American Indians, 1876

[Charles Agvent]

CATLIN, George. ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS, & CONDITION OF 
THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. WITH LETTERS AND NOTES.... London: Chatto & 
Windus, 1876. First Edition. First published in 1841, this is the First 
Edition of this classic with illustrations printed in color. Two small 
quarto volumes (6-1/8" x 10-1/8") bound in the original red cloth with 
gilt-decorated horsemen and lettering against a red and black background 
recently rebacked with sympathetic red morocco leather spines with 
gilt-lettering and decorations and new endpapers. Complete: viii, 264; 
viii, 266 pages. Illustrated with 180 superb color plates containing 360 
images and a folding map, with the usual plate numbering anomalies. 
There was a prior edition with hand-colored plates, but only about a 
dozen copies were produced and it is seldom offered on the market. (We 
have a copy if you are seriously searching for one.) This 1876 edition 
is generally considered to be the handsomest 19th century edition of 
Catlin's important book. Catlin was the first astute and sympathetic 
artist to observe and accurately portray Native Americans. Howes C241; 
Sabin 11536 (1841 edition); Streeter 1805 (1841); Wagner-Camp 84 (1841+ 
editions); Wheat, TRANSMISISIPPI WEST 84: "Offers an excellent picture 
of the Indian situation at the opening of the 19th century's fourth 
decade." Jenkins, A FULL HOWES: "Catlin's record of Indian life was the 
first and freshest account of the vanishing American Indians as they 
actually lived and remains one of the chief sources for all later 
knowledge of the North American Indians." Early library stamp on the 
title page of the second volume and old ink numbers on the verso of both 
title pages. Plates and text bright and fresh with the bindings quite 
nice. Near Fine set and uncommon in this condition. (#013790)        
$6,000.00

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