Delafield, John, Jr

Delafield, John, Jr. AN INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGINS OF THE ANTIQUITIES OF AMERICA. With an Appendix, Containing Notes, and “A View of the Causes of the Superiority of the Men of the Northern Over Those of the Southern Hemisphere.” By James Lakey. New York: Published for Subscribers, by J.C. Colt 1839. 4to. 142pp. Illustrated with 10 lithographic plates (5 hand-colored). Modern burgundy morocco over marbled boards. Some foxing. This copy lacks the folding frontispiece plate. See Howes D229 which notes “the folding plate is often lacking.”