Travels in the interior of North America

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Description

Title
Travels in the interior of North America
Alternative Title
Reise in das innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832 bis 1834. English
Illustrations to Maximilian Prince of Wied's Travels in the interior of North America
Creator
Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867, author
Contributor
Bertrand, Arthus, active 1800-1857, editor.
Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893, illustrator.
Hölscher, Jakob, 1798-1862, publisher.
Lloyd, Hannibal Evans, 1771-1847, translator.
Ackermann and Co., publisher.
Cook and Co. (London), printer.
Wilde Americk: Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, September 27, 2001-December 30, 2001)
Published / Created
MDCCCXLIII-MDCCCXLIV [1843-1844]
Publication Place
London and Great Britain England London
Publisher
Ackermann and Co., 96, Strand and Cook and Co., printers, 76, Fleet Street
Description
BEIN ZZc20 839wig copy 1: Atlas disbound.
BEIN ZZc20 839wig copy 2: Imperfect: atlas wanting. On t.p., printed line, "and a large map", has been erased and the words written in ms. Stamp: Lenox Library, New York, duplicate.
BEIN ZZc20 839wig copy 3: Imperfect: text wanting.
Volume two comprises a lithographed title leaf and lithographed list of illustrations, followed by 81 intaglio illustrations: 33 smaller images numbered Vig. I-XXXIII and 48 larger images numbered Tab. 1-48. The illustrations have titles in English, German and French, and imprints Coblenz bei J. Hölscher, London published by Ackermann & Co. 96 Strand, ... 1839 [-1843], Paris, Arthus Bertrand, editeur. Some have a blind stamp "C. Bodmer Direct." below each plate. The plate inscriptions vary, sometimes being omitted or differently arranged. Plates occur in five states. See: Wagner.
Folded map bound at the end of volume 1 has title "Map to illustrate the route of Prince Maximilian of Wied, in the interior of North America. From Boston to the upper Missouri &a. in 1832, 33 & 34."
Includes Appendix: p. [507]-520.
The appendix on Native American languages and some matters of detail, present in the original German edition, are omitted in translation.
Includes bibliographical references.
BAC Folio B 2023 5: The Abbey copy. Plates are hand-colored. Bound in maroon morocco. Armorial bookplate of the Earl of Derby.
Extent
2 volumes (x, [2], 520 pages, [1] leaf of plates; [2], XXXIII, 48 leaves) : 33-63 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been partially digitized.
Digitization Note
Two plates, Washinga-Sahba's Grave. Vig. XII and Scalp Dance of the Manitaries. Tab. 27, digitized but not included pending review for cultural sensitivity.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
ZZc20 839wig 1

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Aquatints
Wood engravings
Hand-coloring
Travel literature
Material
illustrations, portraits, map ;
Resource Type
text
still image
Subject (Geographic)
United States
Missouri River Valey
Great Plains.
Missouri River Valley.
United States.
Subject (Topic)
Description and travel
Mandan Indians
Hidatsa Indians
Assiniboine Indians
Dakota Indians
Cree Indians
Indians of North America
Languages
Natural history
Subjects
United States > Description and travel
Missouri River Valey > Description and travel
Mandan Indians
Hidatsa Indians
Assiniboine Indians
Dakota Indians
Cree Indians
Indians of North America > Great Plains
Indians of North America > Missouri River Valley
Indians of North America > Languages
Natural history > United States
Derby, Earl of > Bookplate

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Identifiers

Catalog Record
3532227
Object ID (OID)
2001492

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