Indian Races Of North And South America: Comprising an Account of the Principal Aboriginal Races; A Description of Their National Customs, Mythology, and Religious Ceremonies; .

8vo; 1-636, [ii], 639- [640] pages - the last page is mistakenly numbered 702, contemporary black leather covers, effectively disbound. An intriguing compilation, illustrated with 40 portraits and plates, most hand-colored, six or so in black-and-white, and half a dozen of animals ( such as an eagle, bison, grizzly bear, black squirrel, cougar) and portraits of Tecumseh, Joseph Brant, King Philip, John Smith, Osceola, Samoset, and more. Note: the verso of p. 639 reads p.720, but should be 640. [ Sabin 8681]. Note: Field, in his INDIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY, pp. 49-50, of the 1857 edition opined "The last half of the title-page must have been written by the publisher and the illustrations drawn by his infant son, as the Preface and Text indicate too respectable a mind to have concocted such a farrago, involving at least half a dozen falsehoods regarding the plates, which are the most tawdry and offensive daubs." Field continued, "The work is fairly executed and contains much condensed information . . " Bennett's AMERICAN COLOR PLATE BOOKS (1800-1900) lists the later 1856 edition, and as having only 34 full-page plates.…