175, [1] pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
United States
Date:
1858
Notes:
Date of publication from colophon: Pest, 1858. Nyomatott Wodianer F-nél. (Miatyánk-uteza).
"Unauthorized edition of letters by a Hungarian exile and scientist who accompanied a railroad survey throughout the Southwest and California. The ... editor, Prépost, produced rather chaotic information, much of it borrowed from Marcy's Red River report" --Howes.
The leaves of plates are sepia-toned lithographs, signed: Ny. Rohn, Pesten.
Errata on page 175.
Publisher's advertisement on final page.
Includes brief vocabularies of the language of the Comanche and Wichita Indians, with equivalent terms in Hungarian, on pages 118-122.
Wagner, H.R. Plains & the Rockies (4th ed.), 316
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 105715
Howes, W. U.S.iana, 1650-1950 (1962 edition), X1
Parke-Bernet Galleries. Celebrated collection of Americana formed by the late Thomas Winthrop Streeter, 3066
Also available online.
Xántus' account of his travels in the United States, including his encounters with tribes of American Indians. He was trained in collecting scientific specimens, and later contributed some specimens to the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
SCNHRB copy 39088017896572 has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries. Purchased with funds from the Cullman Endowment.
SCNHRB copy has a modern binding with brown morocco leather gilt-lettered spine and marbled paper boards, raised bands, light orange endpapers, and marbled edges. An old, illegible handwritten inscription in ink has been partially cropped at the top of the title page.
