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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
Lewis, Meriwether (1774-1809) & Clark, William (1770-1838) Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. Performed in the years 1804, 1805, and 1806.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817.
Third English edition, three octavo volumes; illustrated with large frontispiece folding map and five engraved plates; bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt lettered spine; skillful repairs to verso of folding map, plates foxed, offsetting and foxing at ends and text leaves near plates, scattered small stains; two-inch marginal tear in page 64 of the second volume; occasional spotting; first volume rebacked with original spine preserved, joints starting in other volumes; the set bumped at extremities and lightly rubbed; ex libris William Koy, with ownership inscription; 8 1/4 x 5 in.
Howes L-317; Sabin 40830; Wagner-Camp 13:4.
From the Library of the late Stanley DeForest Scott, sold to benefit the Library of the Grolier Club.
