Apr 13, 2023 - Sale 2633

Sale 2633 - Lot 5

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Victor Tixier. Voyage aux Prairies Osages, Louisiane et Missouri. 5 plates. 260, [4] pages. 8vo, later 1/2 cloth over marbled boards, minor wear; minimal foxing, a bit musty; uncut; author's gift inscription on a clipped portion of the original wrapper laid down on the half-title. Paris, 1844
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First edition. Trixier accompanied three other Frenchmen to the Great Plains for a buffalo hunt with the Osage Indians in what are now Kansas and Oklahoma. 4 of the plates depict the Osages, and the other gives a few bars of Osage music. This copy bears a gift inscription by the author to a local political figure: "A Monsieur de Tourville, Prefet de l'Allier, hommage de l'auteur, Victor Tixier."
Graff 4159; Howes T276 ("b"); Monaghan, French Travels 1406; Streeter sale, III:1810; Wagner-Camp 114.