Published by J. Hoelscher, Coblenz, Seller: Clive A. Burden Ltd. Contact seller. Map First Edition. Used - Hardcover Condition: Very Good. From United Kingdom to U. Quantity: 1 available. No binding. Condition: Very Good.
Text in two large quarto volumes x mm. With titles, half-titles, table of contents, list of subscribers, pp. Tableau atlas in oblong portfolio x mm. Containing 48 plates consisting of 48 Tableau engravings on steel and copper in excellent old colour heightened with gum Arabic and a table illustrating the temperatures at Fort Union and Fort Clark often lacking , 41 plates in their first state, the remainder early states, minor repairs, none affecting plate area, with protective tissue, all with publisher's blind stamp.
Vignette atlas in oblong portfolio x mm. Containing 33 Vignette engravings on steel and copper in excellent old colour heightened with gum Arabic, 30 plates in their first state, the remainder early states, minor repairs, none affecting plate area, with protective tissue, all with publisher's blind stamp.
The first edition of the narrative of the travels of Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied up the Missouri River and the Plains in It is accompanied by the magnificent series of portraits and scenes of Indian life just prior to its loss forever. Many of them are amongst the most iconic images of the American West. The artist accompanying him on the voyage was Karl Bodmer Ron Tyler called him 'the most accomplished artist to paint them [American Indians]'.
Prince Maximilian was a student of natural history and had studied under the same tutor as another great scientist, Alexander von Humboldt. Their field of study was anthropology and how the spread of humans around the globe had led to so many different races. Maximilian's trip was to attempt to answer some of those questions. A veteran of the Napoleonic Wars he had already travelled to the Brazilian jungle The prints accompany that work were derided and for his travels to America he wrote 'I would want to bring along a draftsman who would not be too much of a burden on my pocketbook, a landscape painter but also able to depict figures correctly and accurately, especially the Indians.
