Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867, Travels in the interior of North America , MDCCCXLIII-MDCCCXLIV [1843-1844]
- Title(s):
- Travels in the interior of North America / by Maximilian, Prince of Wied ; with numerous engravings on wood, and a large map ; translated from the German, by H. Evans Lloyd ; to accompany the original series of eighty-one elaborately-coloured plates ...
- Additional Title(s):
Title, volume 2: Illustrations to Maximilian Prince of Wied's Travels in the interior of North America
Reise in das innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832 bis 1834. English- Published/Created:
- London : Ackermann and Co., 96, Strand, MDCCCXLIII-MDCCCXLIV [1843-1844]
London : Cook and Co., printers, 76, Fleet Street - Physical Description:
- 2 volumes (x, [2], 520 pages, [1] leaf of plates; [2], XXXIII, 48 leaves) : illustrations, portraits, map ; 33-63 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio B 2023 5Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3532227
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- View a selection of digital images in the Beinecke Library's Digital Images Online database
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- 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.
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 615
Wagner, H.R. Plains & the Rockies (4th ed.), 76.3
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 47017
Howes, W. U.S.iana, 1650-1950 (1962 edition) M443a
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. - Subject Terms:
- Assiniboine Indians.Cree Indians.Dakota Indians.Derby, Earl of -- Bookplate.Hidatsa Indians.Indians of North America -- Great Plains.Indians of North America -- Languages.Indians of North America -- Missouri River Valley.Mandan Indians.Missouri River Valey -- Description and travel.Natural history -- United States.United States -- Description and travel.
- Form/Genre:
- Aquatints.
Wood engravings.
Hand-coloring.
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