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McKenney & Hall's North American Indian Facsimile

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Title: History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs, Embellished with One Hundred and Twenty Portraits, from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at Washington.
Author: McKenney, Thomas L. & James Hall.
Description: 2 volumes. Illustrated with full-color plates after the hand-colored originals. 10x6, full gilt-decorated leather, moire cloth endleaves, all edges gilt, slipcase.Rather sumptuous modern printing of McKenney & Hall's landmark work, in which "the best features of the folio and octavo editions are combined." Howes notes that "the original oil paintings of which the plates were copies were all destroyed in the 1865 Smithsonian fire." (Howes M129)
Heading: Place Published: Kent, OH
Publisher: Volair Limited
Date Published: 1978