Oct 02, 2012 - Sale 2287

Sale 2287 - Lot 12

Price Realized: $ 2,040
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
CATLIN'S WORKING COPY (AMERICAN INDIANS.) Catlin, George. Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Outlines of the North American Indians. 38 (of 58?) pages. 8vo, lacking wrappers, stitching removed; edges worn; more than 80 corrections in Catlin's hand, and signed "Geo. Catlin" on final page. Baltimore, 1869
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Catlin's own signed and corrected copy of this scarce edition of his catalogue. Catlin fixes the spelling of numerous Indian names, and adjusts the phrasing of several descriptions. For example, the catalogue describes Catlin's portrait of Keokuk as depicted on "a fine blooded horse, which he had bought on the frontier for $200." Catlin corrects this figure to $300. Not in Howes; one copy in WorldCat. with--the next edition, incorporating most of these corrections: North and South American Indians: Catalogue Descriptive and Instructive of Catlin's Indian Cartoons. 99 pages. 8vo, original printed wrappers, minor wear and repairs; internally clean. New York, 1871.