Curtis, Edward S. | A complete set of The North American Indian, owned by celebrated American painter Andrew Wyeth and his wife, Betsy

Curtis, Edward S.

• The North American Indian, Portfolios 1–20; and Volumes 1–20
• A complete original early subscriber’s copy on Japan Vellum, later owned by Andrew and Betsy Wyeth

The North American Indian, being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska. New York and Cambridge, Massachusetts: University Press, 1907–1930

723 large-format photogravures, published as Portfolios 1–20, Japan Vellum issue with letterpress copyright credit, title, plate numbers and printer’s credit (in the margin). Each approximately 393 x 280 mm, or the reverse, and laid in as issued in original half morocco folding case with gilt-impressed portfolio number, original cloth ties.

[With:] Volumes 1–5: Cambridge, Massachusetts: University Press, 1907–1910; Volumes 6–20: Norwood, Massachusetts: Plimpton Press, 1911–1930

20 volumes, 4to. Text volumes printed on Japan Vellum containing a total of 1,505 small format photogravures, the text edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, foreword by Theodore Roosevelt, signed in ink by the author, each volume numbered 29 in ink on the colophon. Bound in the original half-brown morocco gilt by H. Blackwell.

The whole housed in two custom wooden cabinets commissioned by Andrew and Betsy Wyeth.

Full condition report upon request.