2 volumes. ix, [2], 298; xii, 303, [1] pp. Profusely illustrated, including several maps, 1 of which is folding. 10x6¼, decorative red cloth, stamped and lettered in black and gilt, top edges gilt.

Catlin's Letters and Notes on...North American Indians, originally published in 1841. Catlin traveled through the West in the 1830's, painting portraits of Indians and recording their habitats, weapons, rituals, ceremonies, etc., creating during that decade an "Indian Gallery" of great renown. After taking the entire gallery to England, Catlin published his "Letters & Notes," using text from a series of articles he had written for the New York Commercial Advertiser from 1832 to 1837, and illustrating it with line-cut reductions of his original paintings. Title page of Vol. 2 dated 1880 but printing appears to be contemporary with Vol. 1. Howes C241; Wagner-Camp 84.