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Xántus János levelei Éjszakamerikából

Title

Xántus János levelei Éjszakamerikából : tizenkét eredeti rajzok után készült köés egynehány fametszettel

Title Variants

Alternative: Levelei Éjszakamerikából

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Xántus, János, 1825-1894 , author

István, Prépost, , editor
Rohn, Alajos, , lithographer
Marcy, Randolph B. (Randolph Barnes), 1812-1887 , Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852

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Book

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Published material

Publication info

Pesten, Lauffer és Stolp, [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

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.