Lot 1464: SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY ROWE. 1793-1864.- Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the History, Condition, and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States: Collected and Prepared under the Direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Per

Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the History, Condition, and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States: Collected and Prepared under the Direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Per Act of Congress of March 3d, 1847. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Company, 1851, 1852, 1854; J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1855, 1857. 6 volumes. Folio (325 x 255 mm). [4], xviii, [14]-568; [4], xxiv, [17]-608; [4], xviii, 19-635, [1]; [4], xxvi, 19-668; [4], xxiv, 25-712; xxiv, 25-756 pp. With 323 (of 327) engraved, etched and lithographed plates, many in color and several folding. Original cloth, decorated in gilt and blind. Some repairs to cloth (more extensive to spines of vols 3 & 4), cloth soiled and rubbed, some (mostly) marginal damp-stains, occasional foxing and browning. FIRST EDITION of this monumental work on the native tribes of the United States. Copies are noted with various plate counts. Some of the plates in the final volume duplicate plates found in earlier volumes, and it appears that some copies omit those plates in the earlier volumes. Bennett p 95; Howes S-183; Sabin 77849