$48,800
Vol. I: [Philadelphia: Frederick Greenough, 1838]. Vol. II: Philadelphia: Daniel Rice and James G. Clark, 1842, Vol. III: Philadelphia: Daniel Rice and James G. Clark, 1844. 3 vols. Atlas folio, publisher's original three-quarter brown morocco over brown cloth, elaborately gilt-tooled and lettered spines, yellow endpapers, gilt title to upper boards, a.e.g. An unsophisticated set with only hinges reinforced and no repairs. Mixed editions, vol. I lacking title page, vol. II title page BAL state B, vol. III title page BAL state A. With 117 (of 120) color lithographed plates heightened with gum arabic in mixed states, including numerous proof copies. Vol. 1: Early mixed state. With 45 (of 48) plates. [1]-120, [125]-206, [2, blank]. Lacking title, contents, 4 pp. (which subscribers were directed to remove and replace with a corrected version later), pp. 121-124 and two portrait lithographs, comprising and Includes 28 plates with no imprint. Vol. 2: Title page in BAL state B. [2, blank], [1-2], 5-237, [2, blank]. 48 plates. Erratum slip inserted at p. 58. Lacking pp. 3/4. Vol. 3: Title page in BAL state A. [2, blank], [4], [1]-196, [2, Pocahontas], [3, blank]. Complete with 24 plates plus sheet with two lithographic maps and one table. Lacking 17-page subscriber's list. The plates are faithful copies of portraits painted from life by Charles Bird King. The original paintings later perished in the Smithsonian fire of 1865 so their appearance in this set preserves the only known l Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2011-08-09
