(MISSISSIPPI RIVER) Beltrami Giacomo Constantino A Pilgrimag

Sale 2223 - Lot 141

Price Realized: $ 270

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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400

(MISSISSIPPI RIVER.) Beltrami, Giacomo Constantino. A Pilgrimage in Europe and America, Leading to the Discovery of the Sources of the Mississippi and Bloody River. 2 (of 3) folding maps and plans, 4 plates (foxed). 2 volumes. 8vo, contemporary cloth, worn, rebacked with original backstrips and spine labels laid down; pencil annotations in Volume II, lacks list of plates and plan of Schwetzingen gardens; uncut, errata slip tipped in; early owner's signatures on title pages. London, 1828

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first edition in english. The second volume describes Beltrami's travels up and down the Mississippi. Both volumes are signed by former owner Albert Gallatin Porter, a congressman, governor of Indiana, and amateur historian. Clark II:182 (calls for an extra plate not seen elsewhere); Field 111; Howes B338 ("aa"); Sabin 4605 (calls for just one plan as here); Wagner-Camp 26a:2.