(AMERICAN INDIANS) De Smet Pierre Jean Letters and Sketches

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(AMERICAN INDIANS.) De Smet, Pierre Jean. Letters and Sketches, with a Narrative of a Year's Residence among the Indian Tribes of the Rocky Mountains. 12 lithograph plates, plus the scarce folding engraving (separations at folds). [iii]-252 pages. 12mo, contemporary gilt pictorial calf, moderate wear, lacking backstrip; minimal foxing; inked stamp of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary on title page, other library markings. Philadelphia, 1843

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first edition. Sixteen letters written by De Smet during missionary trips to the Rockies in 1841 and 1842, from St. Louis to Fort Vancouver and back. Field 1423; Graff 3823; Howes D283 ("b"); Sabin 82262; Streeter sale IV: 2095; Wagner-Camp 102:1.