History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the Sources of the Missouri, thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean Performed during the Years 1804-5-6 by Order of the Government of the United States

Beschreibung

Octavo, 2 volumes. (3), iv-xxviii, 1-470;(2), 522pp. Two plates in volume I, and another three in volume II, as called for. Sometime rebound in full calf, spines tooled with gilt lines and leather lettering pieces, gilt; pleasing paste paper endpapers. The map is present in facsimile. Some light staining at the front of volume I, and near the end of volume II, and light foxing typical of the period. Overall a very good set of this cornerstone of any Western Americana collection. Church 1309; Field 928; Graff 2477; Howes L-317; Printing and the Mind of Man, 272; Sabin 825; Streeter III, 177; Wagner-Camp 13. .

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Titel

History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the Sources of the Missouri, thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean Performed during the Years 1804-5-6 by Order of the Government of the United States

Verlag

Bradford and Inskeep, Philadlephia

Erscheinungsjahr

1814

Einband

Hardcover

Auflage

First edition.

Zustand

Very good

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