Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 222

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(MISSISSIPPI RIVER.) Beltrami, Giacomo Costantino. La Découverte des Sources du Mississippi et de la Riviere Sanglante. v, [3], 327, [1] pages. 8vo, original plain wrappers, worn, front wrapper detached, disbound; minor soiling; errata slip tipped in; American Catholic Historical Society bookplate, other library markings. New Orleans: Benjamin Levy, 1824
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first edition. "A political refugee and traveler from Italy, Beltrami by chance fell in with the expedition of Major Stephen Long at Fort St. Peter in 1823 and accompanied it for a time. Treated harshly by Long, he left the expedition and explored independently, discovering what he claimed was the northernmost source of the Mississippi"--Hubach, Midwestern Travel Narratives, page 59. Field 110; Howes B338 ("aa"); Monaghan, French Travellers 178A; Jumonville, New Orleans Imprints 417; Sabin 4604; Wagner-Camp 26a:1.