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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Seth EASTMAN (artist). - Mary H. EASTMAN.

Chicora and Other Regions of the Conquerors and the Conquered.

Published: Lippincott, Grambo & Co, Philadelphia, 1854

Edition: 1st Edition

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Seth EASTMAN (artist). - Mary H. EASTMAN.

Chicora and Other Regions of the Conquerors and the Conquered. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co, 1854. Quarto (10 5/8 x 7 1/2in; 270 x 190mm). Pp.[i-]iv[-viii, 9]-126 pages. Steel-engraved frontispiece and 20 plates, all after Seth Eastman. (Spotted and with some marginal toning). Original blue cloth, covers with shaped central sunken panels blocked in blind, outer margins elaborately blocked in gilt, gilt spine, gilt edges (spine chipped at head and foot, corners rubbed).  

First edition of a “beautiful book upon aboriginal manners and history" (Field). The plates are particularly fine. "Captain and Mrs. Eastman were stationed at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, from 1841 through 1848. Already an accomplished artist, Captain Eastman recorded the daily life of the Sioux and Winnebago who lived in the area. Eastman's drawings formed the basis for the illustrations in all of Mary Eastman's books. Several of the 'annals' [sic] that were fashionable at that time used the essays and poems of Mary Eastman as well as the captain's paintings" (Wagner-Camp). Howes E 18; Field 477; Sabin 21684; Wagner-Camp 238a.1.

  • Binding Condition: Acceptable
  • Overall Condition: Acceptable
  • Size: 10 5/8 x 7 1/2in; 270 x 190mm
  • Sold By: Shadowrock Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Adam Langlands
  • Country: United States
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