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Report of the Secretary of War, communicating...a report and map of the examination of New Mexico, made by Lieutenant J.W. Abert, of the topographical corps. Author: Abert, James W. Place: [Washington D.C.] Publisher: Date: [1848] Description: 132 pp. 24 lithograph plates by C.B. Graham; folding map. (8vo) full speckled calf, black leather spine label, spine ruled and titled in gilt. First Edition. 30th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Ex. Doc. No. 23. One of the great southwestern government-sponsored explorations, here in its earliest form, according to Wagner-Camp. The lithographed plates, attributed to Abert himself, include views of Santa Fe, Fort Marcy, San Felipe, the Pueblos, Indians, etc., and are among the most celebrated depictions of the region. The text describes Abert's trip from Fort Leavenworth over the Santa Fe Trail via Bent's Fort, his survey of the northern part of New Mexico, and return via the Trail. The map is the most detailed survey of New Mexico then extant. Also included are the numerals and vocabulary of the Cheyenne. "...A basic SFT document" - Rittenhouse. Graff 5; Howes A11; Rader 3344; Sabin 57; Wagner-Camp 143; Wheat Transmississippi map 532. Lot Amendments Condition: Rubbed, especially on spine, light soiling; endpapers replaced, bookplate and older bookplate removal traces on front pastedown, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, small closed tear at base of folding map, very good. Item number: 345365