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Description: 1848 INDIANS 1st ed George Catlin on Native Americans Sioux Illustrated Swedish Originally published in 1841, George Catlin s Letters and Notes on American Indians covers the lives, customs, hunting cultures, and societies of Plains Indians. Catlin, a painter and author, was the first white man to depict these Indians in their native territories, whilst on his travels to the American West. This 1848 first Swedish edition of American Indian s was published Stockholm and features 21 full-page engravings depicting scenes of Indian culture and customs, bear hunts, Indian battles, and much more! These illustrations were published as a collection later following the success and popularity of this work. According to Wagner-Camp, Catlin illustrated his book with line-cut reductions of his original paintings, and in the text described his adventurous years among the Indians. He recorded his observations of ceremonies, dances, hunting methods, forms of warfare, and the ways of daily living among the major tribes of the high plains and the Rocky Mountains . Item number: #23079 Price: $1500 CATLIN, George Nord-Amerikas Indianer och de, under ett attaarigt vistande bland de vildaste af deras stammar, upplefvade afventyr och oden Stockholm: P.G. Berg, 1848. Details: Collation: Textually complete o [2], 320, [1], VI-XI, [1] o 21 unnumbered leaves of plates, hand-colored (1 damaged but present, of 23) References: Howes C 243; Sabin 11539; Annual Report of Smithsonian Institution; Wagner-Camp 84:5; Larned 616; Graff 630; Language: Swedish Binding: Leather; tight and secure Size: ~9.75in X 6.75in (24.5cm x 17cm) exceedingly rare, value, and desirable with three examples for sale between $5200-$5800 Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 23079 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
CATLIN, George (1796-1872).. Nord-Amerikas Indianer.. Stockholm: P.G. Berg, 1848., 1848.
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Description: 8vo., (10 x 7 inches). Half-title. Hand-coloured lithographic frontispiece and 22 other plates (plates browned, with some marginal staining and a few tears). Contemporary half black morocco, gilt (extremities worn with minor loss). First edition of Catlin's works in Swedish. The text is an amalgam of an abridgement of Catlin's "Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians" (1841) and his "North American Indian Portfolio" (1844). George Catlin, an illustrator from Philadelphia, was the first artist to travel widely among the Plains Indians of North America and create an important body of paintings and graphics to illustrate their customs and artifacts. His purpose was both unselfish and romantic. He wanted, and labored unceasingly, to persuade his contemporaries that Native American culture should be honored and preserved. In 1827 he became the first artist to attempt the perilous journey up the Missouri River, and the first to create visual records of his experiences traveling among the Plains Indians of North America. The artist himself best expressed his goal in the preface to the first edition of his celebrated North American Indian Portfolio in 1844: "The history and customs of such a people, preserved by pictorial illustrations, are themes worthy the lifetime of one man, and nothing short of the loss of my life shall prevent me from visiting their country and becoming their historian." Graff 630; Howes C-243; Sabin 11539; Wagner-Camp-Becker 84:14. Catalogued by Kate Hunter
Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.
CATLIN, George (1796-1872).. Nord-Amerikas Indianer.. Stockholm: P.G. Berg, 1848., 1848.
Price: US$5700.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo., (10 4/8 x 7 inches). Half-title. Hand-coloured lithographic frontispiece and 22 other plates (plates browned, with some occasional, mostly marginal, spotting). Contemporary half green morocco, gilt (skillfully rebacked preserving the original spine). Provenance: !9th-century engraved armorial bookplate on the front paste-down. First edition of Catlin's works in Swedish. The text is an amalgam of an abridgement of Catlin's "Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians" (1841) and his "North American Indian Portfolio" (1844). George Catlin, an illustrator from Philadelphia, was the first artist to travel widely among the Plains Indians of North America and create an important body of paintings and graphics to illustrate their customs and artifacts. His purpose was both unselfish and romantic. He wanted, and labored unceasingly, to persuade his contemporaries that Native American culture should be honored and preserved. In 1827 he became the first artist to attempt the perilous journey up the Missouri River, and the first to create visual records of his experiences traveling among the Plains Indians of North America. The artist himself best expressed his goal in the preface to the first edition of his celebrated North American Indian Portfolio in 1844: "The history and customs of such a people, preserved by pictorial illustrations, are themes worthy the lifetime of one man, and nothing short of the loss of my life shall prevent me from visiting their country and becoming their historian." Graff 630; Howes C-243; Sabin 11539; Wagner-Camp-Becker 84:14. Catalogued by Kate Hunter
Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.
CATLIN, George (1796-1872).. Nord-Amerikas Indianer.. Stockholm: P.G. Berg, 1848., 1848.
Price: US$5800.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo., (10 2/8 x 7 inches). Half-title. Hand-coloured lithographic frontispiece and 22 other plates (some light occasional spotting). Contemporary half brown morocco, gilt (some wear to joints and corners, inner hinges reinforced); modern quarter brown morocco slipcase. Provenance: with the bookplate of Axel Jonsson Jr. on the front paste-down; with the bookplate of Jay T. Snider "Collection of Historical Americana", his sale 21st June 2005, lot 251. First edition of Catlin's works in Swedish. The text is an amalgam of an abridgement of Catlin's "Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians" (1841) and his "North American Indian Portfolio" (1844). George Catlin, an illustrator from Philadelphia, was the first artist to travel widely among the Plains Indians of North America and create an important body of paintings and graphics to illustrate their customs and artifacts. His purpose was both unselfish and romantic. He wanted, and labored unceasingly, to persuade his contemporaries that Native American culture should be honored and preserved. In 1827 he became the first artist to attempt the perilous journey up the Missouri River, and the first to create visual records of his experiences traveling among the Plains Indians of North America. The artist himself best expressed his goal in the preface to the first edition of his celebrated North American Indian Portfolio in 1844: "The history and customs of such a people, preserved by pictorial illustrations, are themes worthy the lifetime of one man, and nothing short of the loss of my life shall prevent me from visiting their country and becoming their historian." Graff 630; Howes C-243; Sabin 11539; Wagner-Camp-Becker 84:14.
Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.