The aboriginal port folio: or, a collection of portraits of the most celebrated chiefs of the North American Indians

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The aboriginal port folio: or, a collection of portraits of the most celebrated chiefs of the North American Indians

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Description: This rare collection of colored plates is the first on American Indians, coming to market in the year before McKenney and Hall's History. All of the original drawings were destroyed in Smithsonian fire in 1865.
Names: Lewis, James Otto, 1799-1858 (Artist); Lehman & Duval Lithrs. (Lithographer)
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1836; Place: Philadelphia; Publisher: J.O. Lewis
Library locations: Rare Book Division; Shelf locator: *KW+++ (Lewis, J. O. Aboriginal port folio. 1836 (1st ed.))
Topics: Indians of North America
Genres: Prints; Illustrations; Books; Portraits
Notes: Content: First edition; with leaves of Advertisement dated May, June, and July 20, 1835, and text of Advertisement to the second number printed in 38 lines.; Content: Originally issued in monthly numbers, beginning May 1835, each with 8 plates and cover-title; nos. 1-3 with a leaf of Advertisement, dated respectively May, June, and July 20, 1835; lithographed title page as above, with colored vignette, issued in January 1836. Re-issued from time to time with slight changes, and reprinted Advertisements.; Content: With original lithographed blue paper cover to no. 1: "The aboriginal port folio. No. 1. Philadelphia published May 1835 ... issued monthly untill 10 numbers are complete," bound v. 2.; Statement of responsibility: Plates drawn by J. Barincou and P. Rindisbacher, and colored by hand, after paintings J.O. Lewis, T.R. Peale, and Jerome Thompson; printed by Lehman & Duval and P.S. Duval, lithographihc printers.
Physical Description: Extent: 4 l., 80 col''d pl. in 2 v. fol.; Chromolithographs
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: 42298448; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14311922; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 56fde230-c6cb-012f-2187-58d385a7bc34