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(CURTIS, EDWARD S.) The Plains. A portfolio containing 75 sumptuous small-format restrikes from vols. 3, 4, 5, 18 & 19 of Curtis's the north

(CURTIS, EDWARD S.) The Plains. A portfolio containing 75 sumptuous small-format restrikes from vols. 3, 4, 5, 18 & 19 of Curtis's the north american indian. Sepia-tone photogravures, image size 7 1/4x5 1/4 inches (18.3x13.3 cm.) and the reverse, printed on creme wove paper (sheet size 13x11 inches), with Curtis's caption, credit, and date printed on recto and the Classic Gravure watermark; with 5 leaves listing the plates from each volume. Large 4to, gilt lettered calf, ties; with the Classic Gravure label affixed to the inside front cover; contents loose as issued. one of 228 numbered copies. 1907-27; printed 1970s

  • Notes: A handsome production of Curtis plates that includes images of the Sioux, Crow, Ogalala, Yanktonai, Apsaroke, Arikara, Mandan, Atsina, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, Piegan, Arapaho, and Oto tribes.

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