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Lot 255
Sale 6426 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Nov 13, 2025
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$2,000 -
3,000
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BODMER, Karl (1809-1893)
Péhriska-Rúhpa. [A Minatarre or Big-Bellied Indian] (Tab. 17).
Péhriska-Rúhpa. [A Minatarre or Big-Bellied Indian] (Tab. 17).
From Travels in the Interior of North America, Coblenz, Paris, and London, 1839-1842. Aquatint engraving with hand-coloring by Legrand after Bodmer, Bodmer blindstamp lower margin, title in French, German and English, 622 x 451 mm, light spotting, few short closed tears near lower margin.
There are two distinct states of this image: one with three small figures in the mid-ground to the right of the main figure (as seen here), and a second where these figures have been removed.
