Jun 12, 2025 - Sale 2708

Sale 2708 - Lot 125

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(LEWIS & CLARK.) Patrick Gass. Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery, under . . . Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke. 6 plates. 262 pages. 12mo, modern ½ calf over marbled boards, minimal wear; moderate foxing, 3 short tape repairs, dampstaining toward rear; inscription on page [10]. Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1811
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Third American edition. The Gass journal was the only authentic source for detailed information on the travels until the official History was published in 1814. Features charmingly naive engravings. Erickson, Lewis & Clark 3.6; Graff 1520; Wagner-Camp 6:6.

With--an issue of The Port Folio, Volume VII, No. 1. Engraved frontispiece. 100 pages. 8vo, modern cloth; moderate wear and foxing. Contains Alexander Wilson's account of the death of Meriwether Lewis on pages 34-47; see Erickson page 228. Philadelphia, January 1812.