"TRULY A LANDMARK IN AMERICAN CULTURE"
McKENNEY, Thomas and HALL, James. History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia, 1854. Three volumes.
Second octavo edition of one of the most recognized and desirable American color plate books produced in the 19th century, illustrated with 120 splendid fully hand-colored lithographic plates by J.T. Bowen after Charles Bird King's original oil paintings, "the most colorful portraits of Indians ever executed" (Howes). Handsome in publisher's deluxe morocco. $25,000.
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"THE FOUNDATION OF MODERN INTERNATIONAL LAW" AND AN IMPORTANT INFLUENCE ON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
GROTIUS, Hugo. Of the Law of Warre and Peace… London, 1654.
First edition in English of this cornerstone treatise on law and government, with engraved frontispiece portrait, in contemporary calf. $14,500.
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"THEY HAVE MUCH LITERARY AND BIOGRAPHICAL IMPORTANCE"
DONNE, John. Letters to Severall Persons of Honour. London, 1651.
First edition, first issue, with engraved frontispiece portrait of Donne by Pieter Lombart, and woodcut initials, in contemporary calf boards. $13,500.
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