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.
John Delafield
Published by J. C. Colt,, New York:, 1839
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First printing Good in the publisher's original dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text and a decoration on the front board. The edges of the text block are gilt. A quarto measuring 11 1/4" by 9 1/2" with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine worn through, as is the same at the tips of the boards. The end sheets are soiled from materials having been laid in and the pages at the beginning and end of the text block show ample foxing. The lower corner of the rear half of the text block shows a dampness stain which is restricted to the lower margins. 142 pagesof text including the lengthy appendix by Lakey. Illustrated with ten plates, five of which are hand colored. The seldom seen folding frontispiece is missing. Considered "mildly scarce" by Howes. (Howes, D226). Seller Inventory # TB24552
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Title: An Inquiry Into The Origin Of the ...
Publisher: J. C. Colt,, New York:
Publication Date: 1839
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition, First printing.
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An inquiry into the origin of the antiquities of America / by John Delafield, Jr. ; 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. 1839 [Leather Bound]
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 174. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1839 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 174. Seller Inventory # LB100158017949
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An inquiry into the origin of the antiquities of America / by John Delafield, Jr. ; 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. Volume c.1 1839 [Leather Bound]
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Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 166. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1839 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume c.1 Language: English Pages: 166 Volume c.1. Seller Inventory # LB100155317464
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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.
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Published for Subscribers, by J.C. Colt; London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman; Paris: A. & W. Galignani & Co, New York, 1839
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30 cm. 142 pp. Illustrated with 11 lithographed plates, including five hand-colored, and one folding frontispiece, some 18 feet long, printed on tissue, all lithographed by "Samyn Cincinnati, O." Original gilt illustrated brown cloth, some wear and spotting to cloth, rebacked, original spine laid down, new endpapers, some foxing to plates and text, all edges gilt. Contemporary ownership signature on title page. The long folding frontis. of the Boturini Codex has one small hole in the tissue, affecting a part of one of the illustrations, plus two old tape repairs on verso, darkening a small portion of the paper. Howes indicates that this plate "is often lacking." A Cincinnati edition, with the same collation, appeared the same year. According to Jay Last in his book "The Color Explosion: Nineteenth-Century American Lithography," [Santa Ana: 2005], p.268, Louis Samyn was Cincinnati's first lithographer, active there from the 1830s on. The frontispiece, on tissue is 18 feet long and represents a remarkable achievement at any time, but especially in early Cincinnati. HOWES D226 SABIN 19333 FIELD 416. Seller Inventory # 63915
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