• The aboriginal port-folio : a collection of portraits of the most celebrated chiefs of the North American Indians / by J.O. Lewis.

Creator:

• Lewis, James Otto, 1799-1858

Date:

• 1835

Extent:

• [72] p. of col. plates : ill. ; 48 cm.

Language:

• English

Spatial:

• United States

Subject:

• Indigenous peoples of North America—Portraits
• Indigenous peoples of North America—Pictures, illustrations, etc
• Lithography
• Indigenous Studies
• Portraits

Scopenote:

• Copy 1

Provenance:

• Ex copy 1: Bookplate: Frederick W. Walker, New York, 1852.
• Ex copy 2: Bookplate: Princeton University Library. From the collection of David A. Reed. Presented in his memory by Mrs. Reed.

Description:

• "Issued monthly untill 10 nos. are completed."
• Nos. 1-3 each accompanied by a leaf headed: Advertisement ... Advertisement to no. 1 dated: July 20, 1835.
• Although the t.-p., dated 1835, calls for 72 plates, 80 were apparently issued as projected.
• Ex copy 1: Imperfect: t.-p. wanting; ms. t.-p. supplied from Library of Congress card.
• The two prelim. leaves are Advertisement to the first number, and Advertisement to the third number; the latter announces an 11th no., the historical and biographical portion.
• Ex copy 2. 44 cm. Imperfect: t.-p., the two prelim. leaves and a colored plate wanting.

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/xg94ht55b

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9925233603506421

Call number:

• Oversize 1070.58f

Location:

• Special Collections Oversize 1070.58f

Source acquisition:

• Ex copy 1: Presented by C. W. McAlpin. Accession number 170152 (Jan 22 1903).