Apr 08, 2014 - Sale 2344

Sale 2344 - Lot 255

Price Realized: $ 312
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(TRAVEL.) Schoolcraft, Henry R. Narrative Journal of Travels through the Northwestern Regions of the United States. Folding map with hand-colored route, engraved additional title, and 7 plates (one hand-colored). 8vo, contemporary 1/2 calf, moderate wear, rebacked with original backstrip laid down; foxing, minor dampstaining, map laid down with 4-inch repaired tear, hinge split before index, lacking final index leaf; cropped early owner's signature on first three leaves, later signature on front free endpaper. Albany, NY, 1821

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first edition. An expedition through what is now Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota to negotiate with Indians and trace the source of the Mississippi River. Field 1363; Howes S186; Sabin 77863; Wagner-Camp 21a.