Catlin's North American Indian portfolio
Subtitle: hunting scenes and amusements of the Rocky Mountains and prairies of America : from drawings and notes of the author, made during eight years' travel amongst forty-eight of the wildest and most remote tribes of savages in North America.
Contributors: Gilreath, James, 1947-
Publisher: Abbeville Press; Library of Congress
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York, N.Y; [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 26
Subjects: Catlin, George, 1796-1872.; Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works.
Genres: Pictorial works.
Notes: "This facsimile edition ... reproduces a copy of the New York edition of 1845 [published by James Ackerman] and incorporates six additional plates from the London edition of 1844 not included in the American edition ... This edition is strictly limited to 950 sets [An additional twenty sets, designated Publisher's proofs, are not for sale] worldwide, issued either bound or in portfolio format. Each of the sets, completed in the spring of 1989, is signed by Dana J. Pratt, director of publishing, Library of Congress, and Robert E. Abrams, president of Abbeville Press"--Verso of t.p.
New introduction by James Gilreath (p. [5-10]) with bibliographical references.
LC has set no. 247, in bound format.