Henry Schoolcraft
Information, respecting the history, condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States .. Illustrated by S. Eastman. Bände I-III (von 6). Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott u. a. 1853.

"Schoolcrafts work was intended to be a great encyclopedia of information relating to the American Aborigines" (Field).

Neudruck der Ausgabe 1851ff., mit verkürztem Titel. - "The work contains a vast mass of valuable material. It has indeed performed a very important service for Indian history, in collecting and preserving an immense amount of historic data. Vocabularies of Indian languages, grammatical analyses, legends of various tribes, biographies of chiefs and warriors, narratives of captivities, histories of Indian wars, emigrations and theories of their origin, are all related and blended. A very large number of beautiful steel engravings, representative of some phase of Indian life and customs, are contained in the work" (Field in Sabin).

EINBAND: Blind- und goldgeprägte Orig.-Leinenbände. 28,5 : 20,5 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit 3 gestochenen Titeln mit Vignette, 139 tls. getönten Lithographien, 46 Stahlstichtafeln und 13 lithographierten Karten. - KOLLATION: 1 Bl., XXII S., 1 Bl., S. (13)-568; XXIV S. (1 Bl. Zwischentitel zwischengebunden), 1 Bl., S. (19)-608; 1 Bl., 635 S. - ZUSTAND: Im Schnitt und tls. äußeren R. etw. stockfl., einige Taf. leicht gebräunt. Rücken verblichen, Kap. mit kl. Läsuren, 1 Außengelenk etw. eingerissen.

LITERATUR: Sabin 77855. - Howes S 183.

Reprint of the 1851ff. edition with shortened title. With 3 engr. titles with vignette, 139 partly tinted lithographs, 46 steelengravings and 13 lithogr. maps. Orig. cloth with blind- and gilt decoration. - Edges and partly outer margins somewhat foxed, some plates slightly browned. Spine faded, end of spine with small defects, 1 outer joint slightly torn.(R)