HISTOIRE DES INDIENS DES ÉTATS-UNIS FAITE D'APRÈS LES STATISTIQUES ET LES RAPPORTS OFFICIELS QUE LE CONGRÈS A PUBLIÉS EN 185
1858 · Pari
by Mondot, Armand
Pari, 1858. [2],352pp. plus three plates including frontis. Original printed wrappers. Spine creased, front signature loosening. Very good. A condensation of the first three volumes of Henry R. Schoolcraft's massive HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION RESPECTING THE...INDIAN TRIBES.... Field describes Schoolcraft's original as "a vast mass of really valuable material." Most copies of this work have a "Montpellier, 1858" imprint, although no priority has been established. An unusual European collection of material on American Indians. HOWES M721. SABIN 49962 (Inventory #: WRCAM29037)