THE IRIS: AN ILLUMINATED SOUVENIR FOR MDCCCLII (1852)
by [EASTMAN, Mary & Seth] HART, John (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- The Presentation plate filled out by the owner in December 1852. Moderate to heavy foxing and staining throughout, the plates da
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. The Presentation plate filled out by the owner in December 1852. Moderate to heavy foxing and staining throughout, the plates darkened a bit but still fairly clean and quite attractive. Overall a Very Good copy with early color plates of Native Americans. Seth Eastman. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/4") bound in the original full embossed burgundy morocco leather with a gilt decorative figure in the center of both covers. Neatly rebacked at a recent date with a new leather spine. Most notable for the color plates of scenes of Native Americans, some of the earliest chromolithographs made. Also with many articles and poems about Native Americans, most (18) by Mary Eastman. Complete with 12 plates--including the often lacking Presentation plate and The Landing of William Penn--as well as the Illuminated Title Page plate, the List of Illustrations plate, and all 8 chromolithographs of Native Americans by P. S. Duval after drawings by Capt. Seth Eastman are present. They include depictions of "Indian Courtship" and an "Indian Marriage Custom."
Seth Eastman was stationed in various posts throughout the West where he and his wife Mary observed and recorded their impressions of American Indians.
Seth Eastman was stationed in various posts throughout the West where he and his wife Mary observed and recorded their impressions of American Indians.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017270
- Title
- THE IRIS: AN ILLUMINATED SOUVENIR FOR MDCCCLII (1852)
- Author
- [EASTMAN, Mary & Seth] HART, John (editor)
- Illustrator
- Seth Eastman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - The Presentation plate filled out by the owner in December 1852. Moderate to heavy foxing and staining throughout, the plates da
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lippincott, Grambo & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1852
- Keywords
- Chromolithographs, Native Americans, Indians, Color Plates, Bindings, 19th Century Literature, Seth Eastman
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana; Native Americans; Gift Books;
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Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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