ID 1119253
Lot 129 | A Journal of Travels into the Arkansa Territory, During the Year 1819
Estimate value
$ 2 000 – 4 000
Thomas Nuttall, 1821
NUTTALL, Thomas (1786-1859). A Journal of Travels into the Arkansa Territory, During the Year 1819. With Occasional Observations on the Manners of the Aborigines. Philadelphia: Thos. H. Palmer, 1821.
First edition. "The naturalist records in almost every chapter some incidents of his personal intercourse with the Chichasaw, Cherokee, and Osage Indians, then inhabiting the territory explored" (Sabin). Graff 3055; Howes N-229; Sabin 56348; Streeter sale 1597; Wagner-Camp 19a.
Octavo (218 x 134mm). Engraved folding map after Nuttall by H.S. Tanner (some offsetting) and five aquatint plates by F. Kearny (heavily browned). Contemporary calf (rebacked, old spine laid down, scraped, corners showing). Provenance: William Harrison (armorial bookplate).
| Artist: | Thomas Nuttall (1786 - 1859) |
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| Auction house category: | Printed books |
| Artist: | Thomas Nuttall (1786 - 1859) |
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| Auction house category: | Printed books |
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