Travels in the interior of North America / by Maximilian, Prince of Wied. With numerous engravings on wood, and a large map. Translated from the German, by H. Evans Lloyd. To accompany the original series of eighty-one elaborately coloured plates.
By: Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von
Contributor(s): Lloyd, Hannibal Evans | Bodmer, Karl
Publisher: London : Ackermann and Co., 96, Strand, MDCCCXLIII-MDCCCXLIV. [1843-1844].Description: x, [2], 520 p. : ill., fold. map. ; 32 cm. + 1 atlas (2 p., 81 leaves of plates (78 col.) ; 61 cm.).Subject(s): Indians of North America | Natural history -- United States | United States -- Description and travelOwnership: From the library of Henry Christy, 1810-1865
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The plates of the atlas are from sketches made by Karl Bodmer; they include portraits from life of American Indians; legends in German, French and English.
From the library of Henry Christy, 1810-1865. UkLoBM