Title
Xántus János levelei Éjszakamerikából : tizenkét eredeti rajzok után készült köés egynehány fametszettel
Title Variants
Alternative:
Levelei Éjszakamerikából
By
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
Type
Book
Material
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.
Subjects
1825-1894
,
Description and travel
,
Indians of North America
,
Travel
,
United States
,
Xántus, János,
Call Number
E166 .X34
Language
Hungarian
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.148750
LCCN:
https://lccn.loc.gov/02002851
OCLC:
1572927
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