History Of The Expedition Under The Command Of Captains Lewis And Clark To The Sources Of The

by Meriwether Lewis William Clark

$12,500 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep; Abm. H. Inskeep, New York, J. Maxwell, Printer, 1814. First edition of the first authorized and complete account of the most important western expedition, and arguably the most important book in the field of Western Americana. 8vo, pp. xxviii, 470; ix, 1 , 522; 5 engraved plans and charts, without the large folding map which was not issued in all copies; contemporary full calf neatly rebacked, text foxed, as usual; paper

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.