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Lot 331
Sale 654 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
May 1, 2019
9:59AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$625
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MACKENZIE, Alexander, Sir (1764-1820). Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence.... Philadelphia: John Morgan, 1802.
8vo (202 x 120 mm). Half-title. Folding map. (Some light marginal chipping.) Modern half leather, marbled boards.
Second American edition, describing the "first and finest edition of the earliest expedition made...in this direction. His investigations, although pursued at so early a period of Arctic exploration, were remarkable for their accuracy; Sir John Franklin more than once expressed his surprise at being able to corroborate their correctness in his own explorations" (Sabin). Howes M-133; Sabin 43414; Wagner-Camp 1:6.
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