Scalp Dance of the Minatarres

by Karl Bodmer

$2,850 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

First edition

From the scarce Leipzig edition printed from the original copper-plates. Limited in number, the prints from the Leipzig edition are more scarce than, and compare favorably to, the first edition. David C. Hunt, Karl Bodmer and the American Frontier, Imprint/Spring 85, p.18 An important record of this energetic victory dance, executed by Bodmer during the winter of 1833-1834 when the travelers stayed at Fort Clark on the banks of the upper reaches of Missouri River. The

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