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182734948Baltimore: Published by Fielding Lucas Jun'r 1827. 1st edition American Imprints 29575; Field 994; Howes M-132; Pilling 2383; Sabin 43407. Modern speckled tan quarter-calf binding with marbled paper boards. Binding - Fine. Textblock - VG occasional foxing/period pos to t.p. top margin. viii 493 1 pp. Chippeway vocabulary 7 pp at rear. Illustrated with 29 inserted lithographed plates 18 hand-colored. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/>"The author was for many years superintendent of Indian affairs at Washington and was brought in constant association with the principal men of the nations and tribes which sent representatives to the seat of government. In this tour he formed a more intimate association with the great mass of the Indian population and was able to present much valuable information regarding it." Field. Published by Fielding Lucas, Jun'r hardcover books
190070999Paris:: Editions Casterman. Very Good. c. 1900. Hardcover. Text is in French. Illustrated. First edition thus. Quarto bound in brown cloth and paper covered boards with gilt lettering and design all edges gilt. Minor shelf wear and aging else very good. No dust jacket. ; 227 pages . Editions Casterman, hardcover books
1839282491Paris 1839. Copper-engraved map of North America hand-colored in outline. With "Etats-Unis" along with the Republic of Texas Canada and an enormous Mexique. Alaska is show as Russie Amerique. From Monin's Atlas Classique De La Geograpahie Ancienne Du Moyen Age et Moderne published in 1838. There is a small amount of surface loss at the bottom edge. Framed and matted. Rumsey 2613.018. Paris unknown books
181926090London: vols.I-II published by Messrs. Boydell & Co printed by W.Bulmer & Co; vol.III: published by Hurst Robinson & Co. printed by Thomas Davison 1819. 3 volumes small folio. 16 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches. 2 mezzotint portraits of Claude and Earlom 1 stipple-engraved portrait of John Boydell. 300 etchings with mezzotint all printed in bistre all by Earlom after Claude. Expertly bound to style in half russia over period marbled paper covered boards<br/> <br/>"The first complete edition with the engravings sic. in the best and final state embodying the important drawings from the great English collections of the period" Abbey.<br/> <br/>"This capital work a landmark in the history of the reproduction of master drawings is . an important forerunner of later publications on Art Collections. It contains 300 etchings of drawings by Claude Lorrain pastoral mythological and biblical subjects and was called Liber Veritatis Book of Truth for the purpose of identifying Claude's genuine works from forgeries or from drawings wrongly attributed to the master. They are all printed in a warm bistre colour to aid the resemblance . The catalogues in each volume give a comprehensive description of each drawing indicating also for whom they were executed which pictures were painted from them and the ownership at the date of publication of the book - in short a real catalogue raisonné" Abbey.<br/> <br/>Abbey Life 200; Lowndes II p.1398. [vols.I-II] published by Messrs. Boydell & Co, printed by W.Bulmer & Co; [vol.III:] published by Hurst, Robinson & Co., printed unknown books
