BROWNELL, Charles de Wolf "Indian Races of North & South America" [Hurlburt, Scranton & Co, 1864]

"The Indian Races of North & South America. Comprising an Account of the Principal Aboriginal Races; A Description of Their National Customs, Mythology, and Religious Ceremonies; The History of Their Most Powerful Tribes, and Their Most Celebrated Chiefs and Warriors; Their Intercourse and Wars With the European Settlers; and a Great Variety of Anecdote and Description, Illustrative of Personal and National Character. Including the Late Sioux War and Indian Massacres in Minnesota, With Numerous and Diversified Colored Illustrations, From Original Designs" by Charles de Wolf Brownell [Hurlburt, Scranton & Co, 1864]. Half leather binding with marbled boards and gilt spine titling. 762pp. The majority of the illustrations are hand colored. Quite foxed, one detached plate, leather rubbed, and front hinge beginning to pull away. Good- and uncommon.