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Lot 51

[Native Americana]. Lewis, James Otto. The North American Aboriginal Port-Folio
Sale 6308 - Printed and Manuscript Americana
Jan 29, 2025 10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$5,000 - 8,000
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$7,680
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[Native Americana]. Lewis, James Otto. The North American Aboriginal Port-Folio


New York: Published from the London Edition, 1844. One part only (all issued?). 4to (291 x 236 mm). Eight letterpress leaves, one blank leaf at end; lithographed title-page and six lithographed plates with hand-coloring by E. Jones. (Some slight soiling to title-page, a few corners with some edgewear.) Original printed wrappers, stabbed and sewn (front wrapper detached, lacking lower wrapper, some edgewear, tears, and creasing). Provenance: Montclair Art Museum, LeBrun Library (book-plate, sold Christie’s 14 December 2000, lot 357). Not in Field, Howes, Bennett, or Sabin

A rare edition, with the original wrapper, of what was likely all that was issued of the American quarto edition. In an article about the lithographer, E. Jones, Harry T. Peters described the work as comprising a "cover and six plates," though he likely mistook the lithographed title-page for the cover. The lithographed wrapper contains a different design than the lithographed title-page, and both were executed by E. Jones. The edition was apparently printed from new stones. The Siebert copy lacked the printed wrapper and was one inch shorter. Exceedingly rare, the present copy is the only copy we trace at auction in over 50 years.

Property from a Private Southwestern Collection

This lot is located in New York.

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