$1,800
Lewis, Meriwether (1774-1809) and William Clark (1770-1838) 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 Columbia to the Pacific Ocean . Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, 1814. Two volumes; first edition; with five full-page maps, lacking the large folding map; lacking one text leaf [273/274] in volume one; mixed set, volume one in 19th century three-quarter leather, worn; contents water stained and spotted, 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.; volume two in contemporary sheepskin, both boards detached; ex library from the Smithsonian with their ownership and withdrawal stamps on the title, duplicate stamp of ffep; textblock broken, sewing perished; contents evenly browned; 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18
