Lot 147

[Travel & Exploration] [United States, The] (Edwin, James) Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Performed in the Years 1819-20, by Order of the Honourable John C. Calhoun Secretary of War. Maps and Plates

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Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Estimate$1,500 – $2,500

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[Travel & Exploration] [United States, The] (Edwin, James) Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Performed in the Years 1819-20, by Order of the Honourable John C. Calhoun Secretary of War. Maps and Plates

Philadelphia: H.C. Carey and I. Lea, 1822. Atlas volume only. First edition. 4to. Illustrated with two double-page maps, eight engraved plates (one hand-colored), and one geographical chart; each plate with original tissue guard. Contemporary three-quarter speckled calf over original drab paper-covered boards, original paper cover label, spine and extremities worn and rubbed; front and rear boards rubbed, scattered soiling to same; all edges trimmed; prelims and rear blanks and endpapers heavily foxed; scattered light to moderate foxing to plates, offsetting to same. Wagner-Camp 25-1; Sabin 35682; Howes J41

Atlas volume of one of the most important and early expeditions in the west. "Notable government expedition [commanded by Maj. Stephen H. Long], supplementing earlier discoveries of Pike and of Lewis and Clark…" (Howes).

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Lot 147

[Travel & Exploration] [United States, The] (Edwin, James) Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Performed in the Years 1819-20, by Order of the Honourable John C. Calhoun Secretary of War. Maps and Plates

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Estimate$1,500 – $2,500

Status

Closed

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[Travel & Exploration] [United States, The] (Edwin, James) Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Performed in the Years 1819-20, by Order of the Honourable John C. Calhoun Secretary of War. Maps and Plates