Information respecting the history, condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States : collected and prepared under the direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, per act of Congress of March 3d, 1847 / by Henry R. Schoolcraft ; illustrated by S. Eastman.

Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo, 1853-1856.

5 volumes : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 28 cm.

Each volume has an engraved title-page in addition to the printed one

Imprint varies: v.1,2,3: Lippincott, Grambo Co.; v.4,5: J.B. Lippincott and Co.

Original edition in 6 parts, 1853-57. This one is "a cheap edition of the work, printed from the same plates on smaller and thinner paper in imperial octavo size, was also published under the same title and imprint, but it comprises only the first five volumes, 1853-1856, and therefore is incomplete"--Sabin.

"Published by authority of Congress"