Printed & Manuscript Americana Lots 272-295
272 ADAIR, James (1709?-1783). The History of the American Indians; particularly those Nations adjoining to the Mississippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia. London: for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1775. 4to (268 x 210 mm). Engraved folding map. (Some minor offsetting of map.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, preserving original spine). FIRST EDITION of the “best 18th-century English source on the Southern tribes, written by one who traded forty years with them” (Howes). Adair lived and traded among several tribes, including the Cherokee, Catawba, and Chickasaw. ESTC T86841; Graff 10; Howes A-38; Sabin 155. Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, Indiana $2,000 - 3,000
273 AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851) Yellow-Crowned Heron (Plate CCCXXXVI) Ardea Violacea, L. Engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring by Robert Havell (1793-1878), 959 x 634 mm sheet, on J. Whatman paper dated 1838, a few short closed tears occasionally touching image repaired verso, a few tiny spots, some minor toning to extreme outer margins, matted and framed. Low p.147. $8,000 - 10,000
274 AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851) Goshawk & Stanley Hawk (Plate CXLI) Falco Palumbarius, Linn. & Falco Stanleii, Aud. Engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring after Audubon by Robert Havell (1793-1878), 980 x 656 mm sheet, on J. Whatman Turkey Mill paper dated 18?? [sheet trimmed into date], a little rippling and toning to outer margins, a few tiny spots, matted and framed. Low p.82. $2,000 - 3,000
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