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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
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