McKenney, Thomas L. (Thomas Loraine), 1785-1859, History of the Indian tribes of North America , 1836-1844
- Title(s):
- 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 / by Thomas L. M'Kenney, late of the Indian Department, Washington, and James Hall, Esq. of Cincinnati.
- Additional Title(s):
- Title on printed wrappers: Indian tribes of North America
- Published/Created:
- Philadelphia: : Published by Edward C. Biddle, 23 Minor Street., 1836-1844.
Philadelphia : T.K. & P.G. Collins, printers, no. 1 Lodge Alley - Physical Description:
- 3 volumes : facsimiles, maps, hand-colored portraits ; 55 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio B 2024 6Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionAccessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/7013504
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- BEIN ZZc12 836ma: In 20 numbers as issued; original wrappers.
First issue; cf. Sabin.
Originally issued in 20 parts (volume I: no. 1-8; volume II: no. 9-16; volume III: no. 17-20).
Includes two title pages issued for volume II: in fascicle no. 9 (Philadelphia : Published by Frederick W. Greenough, 1838) and no. 16 (Philadelphia : Published by Daniel Rice and James G. Clark, 132 Arch Street, 1842). Some volume II plates (in fascicle no. 14-16) have copyright dates of 1841 or 1842, suggesting that the 1842 title page is the correct one.
Imprint on volume III title page: Philadelphia : Published by Daniel Rice and James G. Clark, 132 Arch Street, 1844.
Place of manufacture and printer from verso of volume I title page.
Collation of vol. I: [no. 1] iv, 36, 20 p., [6] leaves of plates: 1 col. ill, 5 col. ports.; [no. 2] [37]-62, 21-32, [6] leaves of plates: 6 col. ports.; [no. 3] [63]-84, 33-44 p., [6] leaves of plates: 6 col ports.; [no. 4] [85]-108 p., [6] leaves of plates: 6 col. ports.; [no. 5] [109]-128 p., [6] leaves of plates: 6 col. ports.; [no. 6] 129-156 p., [6] leaves of plates: 6 col. ports.; [no. 7] [157]-180 p., [6] leaves of plates: 6 col. ports.; [no. 8] [181]-[203], [1], [203]-204, 4 p., [6] leaves of plates: 6 col. ports.
Collation of vol. II: [no. 9] 28 p., [6] leaves of plates: 1 col. ill., 5 col. ports.; [no. 10] [29]-62 p., [6] leaves of plates: 6 col. ports.; [no. 11] [63]-96 p., [6] leaves of plates: 6 col. ports.; [no. 12] [97]-142 p., [6] leaves of plates: 6 col. ports.; [no. 13] [143]-162 p., [6] leaves of plates: 6 col. ports.; [no. 14] [163]-178 p., [6] leaves of plates: 6 col. ports.; [no. 15] [179]-198 p., [6] leaves of plates: 6 col. ports.; [no. 16] [4], [199]-237 p., [6] leaves of plates: 6 col. ports.
Collation of vol. III: [no. 17] [44]-78 p., [6] leaves of plates: 1 col. ill., 5 col. ports.; [no. 18] [79]-122 p., [6] leaves of plates: 6 col. ports.; [no. 19] [123]-152 p., [6] leaves of plates: 6 col. ports.; [no. 20] [4], [153]-196, [2] p., [7] leaves of plates, [17] p. of plates: 6 col. ports, 1 map, facsims.
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, entry 43410a
Reese, W.S. Stamped with a national character, 24
Vol. 2 includes biographical sketches of Keokuk and Neomonni, without portraits.
The "History of the Indian tribes of North America" (v. 2, 44 p. at end) is reproduced in v. 3, p. [1]-44.
"An essay on the history of the North American Indians. by James Hall": v. 3, p. [45]-196.
List of autographs of subscribers reproduced in facsimile: volume III (fascicle no. 20), pages [3]-[19] at end.
BAC Folio B 2024 6: In 20 original parts, in publisher's printed wrappers.
Includes 120 hand-colored portrait lithographs, after paintings by Charles Bird King and James Otto Lewis. Lithographs drawn on stone by A. Newsam, A. Hoffy, Ralph Trembley, Henry Dacre, and others; printed and colored by J.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment. Most portraits of which are accompanied by a biographical sketches. Tribes represented include Cherokee, Ojibwa, Creek, Osage, Oto, Seminole, Shawnee, and Winnebago. Volume III concludes with maps of locations of tribes in North America in 1833 and 1843. - Subject Terms:
- Cherokee Indians.Creek Indians.Indians of North America -- Biography.Indians of North America -- History.Indians of North America -- Portraits.Ojibwa Indians.Osage Indians.Oto Indians.Seminole Indians.Shawnee Indians.Winnebago Indians.
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- Subscription lists.
Lithographs.
Portrait prints.
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