[Rarebooks] FS: 1876 Catlin's NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS with color plates, price reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced to $4000

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. 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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