8vo (197 x 121 mm). Engraved title-page, 15 plates, 3 folding maps. ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS, uncut and unopened (a few creases to front wrapper); slipcase and chemise.

FIRST FRENCH EDITION, prepared by the author, including more material than the English edition, and with differing plates and entirely new maps. "De Smet details various trips through eastern Washington and a trip via the source of the Columbia to Athabasca, the Assiniboine Country and the Fort of the Mountains, arriving at Ft. Augusta about Jan. 1, 1846. He returned via Boat Encampment and Colville, thence to Vancouver...October 28th at Westport, passing the Mormon hosts below Council Bluffs where he met Brigham Young" (Wagner). Howes D-286; Pilling 3625; Sabin 82265; Wagner-Camp 141. A COMPLETELY UNOPENED COPY IN THE RARE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.