Nov 29, 2001 - Sale 1916

Sale 1916 - Lot 148

Price Realized: $ 288
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(INDIANS.) Schoolcraft, Henry R. Algic Researches . . . First Series<> [all published]. 2 volumes. 12mo, contemporary cloth, rebacked, worn; hinges reinforced; foxed; bookplate on the front pastedowns (Dr. Otto L. Schmidt). Howes S180; Field 1368. New York, 1839

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"The term Algic was invented by Mr. Schoolcraft to indicate the Algonquin race. He composed it from the first and last syllables of Alleghany and Atlantic"--Field.<