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Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians

Lot 204
28.01.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 204 | Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians
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$ 8 000 – 12 000
CATLIN, George (1796-1872). Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians with Letters and Notes Written During Eight Years of Travel and Adventure. London: Henry Bohn, 1866.

A deluxe set of Catlin with hand-colored plates. The tenth edition. Catlin's 1841 Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians "quickly went through several editions and was soon translated into Swedish and German, but it never attained the success that Catlin, as publisher, hoped to achieve. Eventually, the British publishing firm of Henry Bohn acquired all of Catlin's rights. Bohn changed the title of Catlin's work, and besides the regular edition, offered hand-colored copies at ten guineas each. This practice began with the fifth edition and continued until the tenth, published in 1866" (America Pictured to the Life 55). Bobins 41; Howes C-241; Sabin 11537; Streeter sale 4277; Wagner-Camp 84.

Two volumes, octavo (240 x 152mm). 313 hand-colored etchings on 180 plates, including three maps, one of which is folding (folding map a little frayed at outer edge). Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, all edges gilt (light scuffing to joints and corners, few nicks to spine bands). Provenance: Norman Bobins (bookplate; his sale, Christie's New York 16 June 2023, lot 26).
Place of origin:USA
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