CATLIN, George W.
North American Indians: Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years' Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839.
George W. Catlin's The North American Indians
London: Published by the Author, 1841.
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First edition, later issue of this detailed anthropological history. Royal octavo, two volumes, original publisher's cloth elaborately stamped in gilt, frontispiece, with 400 black and white illustrations carefully engraved from the author’s original paintings by Catlin. In very good condition with wear, a closed tear to the top edge of the rear panel of volume two, some toning, and sunning to the spines. A very nice example with bright gilt decoration.
The North American Indians was "...the basis for much Plains ethnology.... Today [Catlin's] work is criticized for its unrelenting Romanticism, but it is treasured by historians and anthropologists alike, who value his attention to details and brave dedication to his task" (Tyler, Prints of the American West, pp. 46-55).
North American Indians: Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years' Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839.
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