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G. Catlin: Nord-Amerikas Indianer. Stockholm: P.G. Berg 1848. 4to. Illust. with hand-coloured lithographic frontispiece and 22 hand coloured plates. Occasional foxing and browning throughout. One plate loose, a few tears, a few tissue guards lacking. Old name on endpaper. Bound in cont. half calf, binding worn.

First edition of Catlin's works in Swedish. George Catlin, an illustrator from Philadelphia, was the first artist to travel widely among the Plains Indians of North America and create an important body of paintings and graphics to illustrate their customs and artifacts.

Auction

Books and manuscripts, 1 April 2014

Category

Books & manuscripts

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