The George Catlin Indian Gallery in the U.S. National Museum (Smithsonian Institution) with Memoir and Statistics.
by DONALDSON, Thomas
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1886. First edition of this vast government survey of Catlin's works. Contained in the Annual Report of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . to July, 1885. Part II (her in its entirety). Octavo. xi, [3], 264; vii, [1], 939, [1] pp. Numerous full page plates and folding maps. Publisher's blind-ruled black cloth with gilt spine lettering. A very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72664
- Title
- The George Catlin Indian Gallery in the U.S. National Museum (Smithsonian Institution) with Memoir and Statistics.
- Author
- DONALDSON, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1886
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