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xv, 286 pp. Illustrated with 65 plates including 12 lithographed views; 10 engraved geological sections including 1 hand-colored and folding (numbered 1-11, no No. 2, as issued); 6 lithographed paleontology plates; 18 lithographed zoology plates; & 19 lithographed botany plates (numbed I-XX, no No. XVIII, as issued). 2 large folding maps bound into a second volume. (8vo) 22.5x14 cm (8¾x5½"),  original blindstamped brown cloth.

"Contains authentic information regarding the peculiar customs of the Indians of the southern plains. Their mode of warfare, their invariable violation of the chastity of female prisoners, and the condition of their dwellings and villages, are particularly described" - Sabin. Wagner-Camp adds that "Marcy's report abounds in topographical and geographical detail." The two maps are Map of the Country Between the Frontiers of Arkansas and New Mexico... (69x150 cm), showing Marcy's route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe in 1849 and his return east in 1851 in addition to other explorer's routes, which Wheat calls important, and a smaller Map of the Territory Upon Upper Red River Explored in 1852 (41x86 cm). Two early ownership signatures to front pastedown.

Provenance: Brick Row, 12/83

References: Graff 2675 (1853 ed.); Howes M276; Sabin 44512; Wagner-Camp 226:3; Wheat Transmississippi 791.