(LEWIS AND CLARK) Gass Patrick Voyage des Capitaines Lewis e

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(LEWIS AND CLARK.) Gass, Patrick. Voyage des Capitaines Lewis et Clarke. Folding map. 8vo, original wrappers, moderate wear, soiling on backstrip; a bit of dampstaining in top margin; with half-title but without ad leaves at end; unopened. Paris, 1810

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first french edition, and first with map. Translated by Antoine Lallemant. Included as an appendix are two letters by Clark. The important map by Tardieu was the best of the expedition yet published, the first to mention Lewis and Clark by name, and the first to actually trace part of their route. Beckham-Erickson, Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 3.3 and pages 96-97; Graff 1519; Howes G77; Sabin 26742; Streeter sale V:3124; Wagner-Camp 6.3; Wheat, Transmississippi West II:300.