Delafield John Jr (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. J. C. Colt, January 1839 Binding: Hardcover Boards loose, leather of spine worn and frayed along spine. $NRP.

DELAFIELD, John, Jr. An Inquiry into the Origin of the Antiquities of America. With an Appendix, Containing Notes, and "A View of the Causes of the Superiority of the Men of the Northern Over Those of the Southern Hemisphere." By James Lakey, M.D. New York: Published for Subscribers, by J.C. Colt, 1839. Quarto. 142pp. plus 10 lithographed plates (5 colored) and 18-foot lithograph folding frontispiece. Original gilt pictorial cloth, a.e.g. Expertly rebacked with original spine laid down, else a very good copy. Howes D-226. Sabin 19333. PIlling 1012 (note). Field Catalogue 509. An amazing work of comparative mythology and anthropology. In his pursuit of an explanation for the origin of American races, Delafield undertakes a comparative analysis of American and Asiatic dialects and anatomical features, with frequent and detailed considerations of creation and deluge myths. The frontispiece alone is a remarkable achievement. It opens to a length of about eighteen feet and reproduces virtually 1:1 the Botturini Codex, now in the Museo Nacional de Anthropologica in Mexico City. The codex depicts a visual record of the entrance into America of the Aztecs, commencing with their departure from an island, through their slow journey southward to Anahuac. It recounts racial glories of mythic stature, and civilizations long vanished. This work exists with two imprints, the other being Cincinnati, Burgess & Co. Howes relegates to the Cincinnati issue the status of "anr. issue," with no explicit statement of priority. As early as the Field sale, the frontispiece was noted as very scarce.

12845 DELAFIELD, JOHN JR. 1839 AN INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN OF THE ANTIQUITIES OF AMERICA 142 PP ILLUSTRATED OVERSIZE HARD COVER, WATER DAMAGED / FAIR CONDITION (BS-314).

Condition: Very Good. N.G. Burgess cincinnati, oh 1939 Binding: Unknown Frotn board detached, some foxing , spine coming loose, pages loose but all are present, condition reflected in price.