[Catlin, George]: Donaldson, Thomas:

$500 · Offered by William Reese Company

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, SHOWING THE OPERATIONS, EXPENDITURES, AND CONDITION OF THE INSTITUTION TO JULY, 1885. PART ... Following reports by each department of the museum and a list of new acquisitions, the greater part of this is devoted to printing, here in its first publication, the exceedingly thorough "The George Catlin Indian Gallery in the U.S. National Museum (Smithsonian Institution) with Memoir and Statistics" by Thomas Donaldson. The work includes an essay on the history of the gallery, Catlin's travels, and a full list of items with detailed descriptions, all illustrated by plates depicting hundreds of sketches after Catlin, facsimile letters and certificates, and two folding maps, including a vividly colored map of Indian Territory.

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