Oct 10, 2002 - Sale 1946

Sale 1946 - Lot 206

Price Realized: $ 460
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(LOUISIANA.) Brackenridge, Henry. Views of Louisiana. 12mo, contemporary tree sheep, front cover almost detached, worn; browning at sheet edges. Baltimore, 1817

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The first edition of this work, published in 1814, includes a description of the author's voyage with Manuel Lisa up the Missouri River [see lot 20]; this edition containing only the section on Louisiana. "The section . . . discusses discovery, settlement, climate, soil, rivers, resources, agriculture, towns, and Indians"--Clark II:136; Howes B688; Wagner-Camp 12:4.<