statement of responsibility: von Maximilian Prinz zu Wied. Mit 48 Kupfern, 33 Vignetten, vielen Holzschnitten und einer Charte

Plates are captioned in German, French and English

Text and atlas illustrated by Karl Bodmer, with many plates bearing his blind-stamped mark

Colophon (text v.): Coblenz, gedruckt bei Dubois und Werle

A list of subscribers is bound at the front of the second text v

An engraved plan of Ft. Clark is bound in the second text v., between p. 68 and p. 69

citation/reference: Sabin 47014

citation/reference: Howes, W. U.S.iana (2nd ed.), M443a

citation/reference: Wagner-Camp 76:1

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Dibner Library copy has atlas bound in two volumes: 1. "Vignettes" (31 x 45 cm.) has XXXIII leaves of plates (some col.), with images mounted on blank leaves, as issued. 2. "Tableaux" (61 cm.) has 48 leaves of plates (some col.), plus a hand-colored map of the route taken by the author on 2 facing pages at front of volume. Neither atlas v. includes a t.p

The key-plate ("Lithographie der 21sten Tafel") and the folded table of temperatures are wanting

Plate 23 in the "Tableaux" atlas v. is misnumbered 28 (as issued)

Text v. 1 has booksellers' and bibliographers' notes pencilled on back paste-down endpaper

A typed description of this particular copy ([3] p.), provided by the San Francisco bookseller John Howell ca. 1969, is laid in the "Tableaux" atlas v

The "Tableaux" atlas v. has an armorial bookplate for Mr. J.A. van Dijk; the same v. also has a bookbinder's label on front paste-down endpaper: A. v. Rossum, Hof-boekbinder

Bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. The Charlotte and Lloyd Wineland Collection of Native American and Western Exploration Literature

The two text v. and the "Vignettes" atlas v. are bound in a blue half-morocco binding over marbled paper boards, with marbled edges; the coat of arms of Léopold I of Belgium is gilt-stamped on the spines

The "Tableaux" atlas v. is bound in burgundy half-leather over cloth-covered paper boards, with gilt-tooled cover and spine

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