1809 Lewis & Clark Expedition 1st ed Travels Missouri Sioux INDIANS Americana

1809 Lewis & Clark Expedition 1^st ed Travels Missouri Sioux INDIANS Americana

 

The Lewis and Clark Expedition, the most famous Americana expansion voyage, was recorded in journals and printed for the public to know just how impressive this journey was. This 1809, first appearance of the contents of the Lewis and Clark journals, is

“the best work we have on the countries described, and its republications would be an acceptable service.” (Sabin)

‘Literature of Lewis and Clark’ says of this edition:

“the first in a long and mostly related series of unauthorized published accounts of the expedition.”

 

Field’s report on this work, however, is the most thorough.

“it possesses much interest, as it contains some documents not published in any other edition. Among them are a description of the manners and customs of the Missouri Indians; a statistical view of the Northwester tribes; historical sketches of several Indian tribes of Louisiana; observations on the voyage of William Dunbar and Dr. Hunter extracted from their journals, and a vocabulary of the languages of some of the tribes of Indians.

 

This 1809 Longman edition was published in London and, according to Howes, is a ‘counterfeit’ edition. However, Sabin notes that it contains information not found in other editions.

 

Item number: #25534

Price: $1950

 

LEWIS, Merriwether

 

The travels of Capts. Lewis and Clarke from St. Louis, by way of the Missouri and Columbia rivers, to the Pacific ocean; performed in the years 1804, 1805 & 1806, by order of the government of the United States…

 

London: for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809. First British edition.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • ix, [1], 309, [1]
    • Wanting map
  • References: Sabin 40827; Howes L 321; Graff 2479; Field 928; Wagner-Camp 8:1; Evans 18775; Wheat 294
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Hardcover; secure
    • Brown cloth
  • Size: ~8.25in X 5.25in (21cm x 13.5cm)
  • Exceedingly rare, valuable, and desirable with auction records and price comparisons at $5,000

 

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