Oct 27, 2020 - Sale 2549

Sale 2549 - Lot 191

Price Realized: $ 344
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
Henry, Alexander (1739-1824)
Travels and Adventures in Canada and the Indian Territories, between the Years 1760 and 1776.

New York: Printed & Published by I. Riley, 1809.

First edition, octavo, engraved frontispiece portrait of author by Peter Maverick bound opposite the title, first signature browned, bound in full contemporary marbled sheepskin binding, original red label, spine tooled with gilt compartments, front joint reinhinged long ago, both joints cracked, 8 x 5 in.

Field 686; Graff 1866; Sabin 31383; Streeter sale VI:3661; TPL 484; Wagner-Camp 7.

Henry contributes his important reports on 18th century North American fur trading, based on his own firsthand experience. "Authentic narrative of fur-trading among Indians of the upper lakes. A miraculous escape from massacre during Pontiac's war, captivity, &c."--Howes H420 ("b").