Mar 31, 2011 - Sale 2241

Sale 2241 - Lot 198

Price Realized: $ 420
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(LOUISIANA.) Notice sur l'état Actuel de la Mission de la Louisiane. 8vo, early wrappers, minor wear; minor dampstaining on title page only, a bit of edge soiling; uncut. Paris, 1820
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first edition. Tells the story of Louis William Valentine Dubourg, who served as Catholic bishop in New Orleans. He relocated his seat to the frontier outpost of St. Louis in 1817, from where he undertook missionary efforts among the Indians. Howes L515 ("b"); Sabin 55987; Streeter sale III:1538.