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DOMENECH, Abbe Emanuel.
Seven Years' Residence in the great Deserts of North America...
The author traveled through Mexico and Texas, and though his veracity is generally doubted, the book remains important for the portrait it paints of the landscape and peoples. There is a great profusion of fine lithographed plates, including many which depict not only the scenery but the implements and materials of the native American peoples. These early lithographic plates and renderings make this work especially important and desirable. Further, a category of the native tribes and some short vocabularies of some of their languages form another valuable portion of these volumes. Unlike many period works, Domenech does not bog the material down with long personal reminisces and narratives. The book presents, in a descriptive style, a compilation of materials relating to the native tribes of North America.
- Published
- London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860.
- References
- Wheat 356:1; Sabin 20554; Howes D420; Flake/Draper 2973; Storm 1121; Abbey Travel II 664.
- Plates
- 59
- Binding/Size
- S=8vo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860.
- Ref
- 499
2vols. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary full calf with gilt and blind-tooled borders, crests of Oscott College gilt-stamped to upper and lower boards, spine in five compartments of raised gilt-tooled bands, red morocco label on two and gilt text on four, board edges and dentelles blind-stamped, edges and endpapers marbled. Coloured plates in order: Volume 1. 1. View in the Fall Range. 2. [Map] "showing the actual situation of the Indian Tribes of North America..." 3. Natural Cylinders. 4. Witchita Mountains. 5. Sand Hills on the Canadian. 6. Natural Hill ** 7. A Canon (sic) in New Mexico. 8. Inscription Rock. 9. Falls of the Colorado Chiquito. 10. Cereus giganteus. 11. William's Valley. 12. View of the Great Basin. 13. Pyramid Lake. 14. View in the Walahmette Valley. 15. Basaltic Towers. 16. American Falls of the Columbia. 17. View of the Great Salt Lake. 18. Stansbury Island. 19. View of the Upper Mississippi. 20. View of the Minnesota. 21. View of the Shining Mountains. 22. Ancient Amphitheatres. 23. Artificial Mounds. 24. Ancient Fortifications. 25. Ancient Pottery. 26. Ancient Ornaments. 27-28. Ancient Pipes. 29. Phallic Idols. 30. Ancient Pottery. 31. Copper and Stone Axes. 32. Arrow Heads and Obsidian Knife. 33. Indian Inscriptions. 34. Induan Hieroglyphs. ** denotes plate depicted for this page is incorrect. It duplicates 'Witchita Mountains' in error - not 'Natural Hills' as in the list of illustrations. Volume 2. 35. Comanche. 36. Zuni. 37. Navajo Chief. 38. Chinook Woman. 39. Chippeway. 40. Crow Chief. 41. Dawta Chief. ** 42. Iroquois. 43. Mandan Chief. 44. Mojave. 45. Osage. 46. Pueblo Indian. 47. Satsikaas. 48. Musical Instruments. 49. Fishing Implements. 50. Indian Woman. 51. Wampums. 52. A Pueblo. 53. Tomahawks. 54. Calumet and Pipes. 55. Canoes and Cradles. 56. Indian Costumes. 57. Indian Implements. 58. Medicine-Man. 59. Indian Ornaments. ** the lettering of illustration 41 should be "Dacota Chief."
