LEWIS, MERIWETHER AND WILLIAM CLARK 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. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, 1814. 2 vols. 8vo, rebound in modern 3/4 brown calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. First edition. Complete with five plates and original large fold-out map of Lewis and Clark's route across the country at the rear of volume one. This first edition of Lewis & Clark's narrative is "the definitive account of the most important exploration of the North American Continent" (Wagner-Camp). The expedition was funded by Congress after the Louisiana Purchase for the purpose of establishing trade ties with the Native Americans of the Western region of the United States. The publication of this narrative was delayed due to both Lewis and Clark receiving commissions in the Louisiana Territory as Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs, respectively, and due to Lewis's unexpected death in 1809. In tribute, Thomas Jefferson wrote a Life of Captain Lewis which appears at the beginning of volume one. Nicholas Biddle was employed to edit the work, which was ultimately completed by Paul Allen in 1814. According to Church, of the 2000 copies printed at least 583 were lost or destroyed and not all copies were issued with the large folding map. Originally drawn by Clark, the map is widely considered the best depiction of the West in its day. Light edgewear; renewed endpapers; ex-library copy with Boston College stamp to verso of fold-out map, rear of vol. 1; intermittent foxing and brownspotting; darkening to some leaves; few examples of pencil marginalia; offsetting from plates; contemporary pen ex-libris "H.H. Hayden" to title page, vol. 1; three 1-inch repaired splits to bottom of fold-out map at folds; 2-inch repaired tear to map at gutter. Estimate $ 50,000-70,000 Literature: Church 1309; Field 928; Graff 2477; Grolier/American 30; PMM 272; Streeter Sale 3:1777; Wagner-Camp 13:1; Howes L317; Sabin 40828. Foxing and brownspotting throughout; contemporary ex-libris to title page, vol. 1; darkening to most leaves; Boston College stamp to verso of folding map. Map: significantly restored and fully backed with thick paper (evidence of original unbacked map on right edge), trimmed; reinforced to verso at folds; 2-inch repaired tear to right edge; 1/2-inch tear along left edge; some brownspotting and other small repaired tears throughout.
LEWIS, MERIWETHER AND WILLIAM CLARK 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. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, 1814. 2 vols. 8vo, rebound in modern 3/4 brown calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. First edition. Complete with five plates and original large fold-out map of Lewis and Clark's route across the country at the rear of volume one. This first edition of Lewis & Clark's narrative is "the definitive account of the most important exploration of the North American Continent" (Wagner-Camp). The expedition was funded by Congress after the Louisiana Purchase for the purpose of establishing trade ties with the Native Americans of the Western region of the United States. The publication of this narrative was delayed due to both Lewis and Clark receiving commissions in the Louisiana Territory as Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs, respectively, and due to Lewis's unexpected death in 1809. In tribute, Thomas Jefferson wrote a Life of Captain Lewis which appears at the beginning of volume one. Nicholas Biddle was employed to edit the work, which was ultimately completed by Paul Allen in 1814. According to Church, of the 2000 copies printed at least 583 were lost or destroyed and not all copies were issued with the large folding map. Originally drawn by Clark, the map is widely considered the best depiction of the West in its day. Light edgewear; renewed endpapers; ex-library copy with Boston College stamp to verso of fold-out map, rear of vol. 1; intermittent foxing and brownspotting; darkening to some leaves; few examples of pencil marginalia; offsetting from plates; contemporary pen ex-libris "H.H. Hayden" to title page, vol. 1; three 1-inch repaired splits to bottom of fold-out map at folds; 2-inch repaired tear to map at gutter. Estimate $ 50,000-70,000 Literature: Church 1309; Field 928; Graff 2477; Grolier/American 30; PMM 272; Streeter Sale 3:1777; Wagner-Camp 13:1; Howes L317; Sabin 40828. Foxing and brownspotting throughout; contemporary ex-libris to title page, vol. 1; darkening to most leaves; Boston College stamp to verso of folding map. Map: significantly restored and fully backed with thick paper (evidence of original unbacked map on right edge), trimmed; reinforced to verso at folds; 2-inch repaired tear to right edge; 1/2-inch tear along left edge; some brownspotting and other small repaired tears throughout.
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