Lot 363

Catlin, George
Letters and Notes on the Manners...of the North American Indians

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 2 February 2022 at 10:00 GMT
£688
Description
London: Published by the Author at the Egyptian Hal, 1841. First edition, early issue with title stating "four hundred illustrations", 2 volumes, large 8vo, red half morocco gilt, with ALS from Catlin regarding his children’s health as they have the measles and 3 ALS from Poultney Digelow (possibly the reporter and owner of the New York Evening Post) to Zabriskie regarding the work, bookplates of George A. Zabriskie, joints a little rubbed; with a copy of "The Letters of George Catlin and his family" by Marjorie Catlin Roehm (3)
Footnote
Provenance: from the collection of George A. Zabriskie
