The Book of the Indians of North America: Comprising Details in the Lives of About Five Hundred Chiefs and Others, the Most Distinguished Among Them
Boston: Published by Josiah Drake, 1833. 22+110+124+47+135pp. Octavo [23 cm] Full brown sheep with the title and devices gilt stamped on the backstrip. Very good. Early anthropological work on the pre-colonial Native Americans of New England by the noted historian and antiquarian. Descriptions of the customs, cultural practices, religious ceremonies..... More