Lot 376: SCHOOLCRAFT, Henry Rowe (1793-1864). Volumes 1, 3-5: Information, Respectin

SCHOOLCRAFT, Henry Rowe (1793-1864). Volumes 1, 3-5: Information, Respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States. Volume 2: Archives of Aboriginal Knowledge. Volume 6: History of the Indian Tribes of the United States. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1853-1853-1854 [vols. 1, 3, 4]; Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1860-1855-1857 [vols. 2, 5, 6]. Presentation copy, inscribed by Charles Eli Mix, Chief Clerk of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 1838-1868: C.W. Bradley, Esq. with Respects of Chas. E. Mix Actg. Com. Ind. Affrs. Mix was Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs for a brief period in 1858, during which he oversaw the signing of the Yankton Treaty between the government and the Yankton Sioux (Nakota) Native American tribe. Schoolcraft’s monumental survey of the native American tribes contains a vast mass of really valuable material. It has indeed performed a very important service for Indian history in collecting and preserving an immense amount of historical data (Field). A mixed edition. Cf. Field p.353; Howes S-183; Sabin 77849, 77855. 6 volumes, quarto (311 x 241mm). Half-titles (vols.1, 3-5: Ethnological Researches Respecting the Red Man of America; vol. 2: Archives of Aboriginal Knowledge; vol.6: General History of the North American Indians), engraved titles in vols.1-5 (not issued in vol.6), engraved portrait frontispiece in vol.6, approximately 331 engraved, etched, or lithographic plates and maps (views, portraits, maps, artifacts, pictographs etc.), a number colored, several folding, many after drawings by Capt. S. Eastman (some occasional spotting or browning, a few leaves short). Later purple half morocco, spines gilt. Provenance: C.W. Bradley (presentation inscription from Charles Eli Mix in volume 3).