Description: AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES AND DISCOVERIES IN THE WEST by Josiah Priest Printed by Hoffman & White. Albany N.Y. 1835 (date on title page) 400 pages. 8 3/4” X 5 3/8”. Original text with illustrations newly rebound in tan boards with gold lettered back strip and new endpapers. Has the original folding plates and text illustrations. The frontis plate is complete and is about 22 1/2” long showing Indian artifacts and a folding map showing the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum rivers with an ancient Indian village. Also, it has a one page plate of Indians and several plates of cryptic symbols. The author believed the Mound Builders came from the ancient Mediterranean Sea in boats and ships. The text and plates are in fine condition and the rebound covers are fine. NO owners or library marks or labels. Tightly bound and a beautiful copy. (See all 22 pictures)
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Albany New York
Signed: No
Publisher: Hoffman & White
Subject: History
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1835
old antiquarian Americana Indian history books: American Antiquities by Josiah Priest original edition
Language: English
Illustrator: Unknown
Special Attributes: Original 1835 edition rebound
Author: Josiah Priest
Region: North America
Personalized: No
Topic: Americana Indian history Mound Builders
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Unit Quantity: 1
Character Family: archaeology Native Americans Americana