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Rare Books Division
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
Room 328
New York, NY 10018-2788
tel: (212) 642-0110
fax: (212) 302-4815
e-mail: rbkref@nypl.org

Rare Book Division Hours:
Tuesday through Saturday, 1:00pm - 5:45pm

George Catlin. “Catching the wild horse.”
Catlin's North American Indian portfolio. Hunting scenes and amusements of the Rocky Mountains and prairies of America. New York: J. Ackerman, 1845. Plate 4.
Image ID: 466210
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The Rare Books Division houses approximately 130,000
titles, covering five centuries of printing—from the 1450s
to the present—and representing Continental Europe,
England, and the Americas. More