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[2], vii, 3-939 pp. Issued in Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithonian Institution. Illustrated with 142 plates (3 of them folding maps), most after Catlin, including 3 photogravure portrats of Catlin; 2 large folding color maps (of U.S. showing Indian groups & of Indian Territory). 9x5¾, later cloth. First Edition.

Remarkable history of Catlin, his paintings, and the exhibit at the Smithsonian. Howes D416. Without plate No. 196, but plate 100 is duplicated.