Report of the Secretary of War Communicating.a Report and Map

[ABERT, James W.]. Report of the Secretary of War Communicating.a Report and Map of the Examination of New Mexico, Made by Lieutenant J.W. Abert . [caption title]. Washington. 1848. 132pp., plus folding map and twenty-four lithographed plates. Modern green buckram, red morocco gilt label. Neat repairs at gutter of first leaf, contemporary pen mark and small hole (ink burn?) to first leaf, light tanning. Old repair to fold running the length of the map, small closed tear to top margin of map (no text affected). Very good. HOWES A-11. Flake 726. Rittenhouse 2. Graff 5. Wagner-Camp 143. Sabin 57. Streeter Sale 168. Wheat Transmississippi 532. Pilling, Proof-Sheets 2. Reese, Best of the West 101. One of the great southwestern government-sponsored explorations, here in its earliest form (as a Senate document), 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.…