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Nuttall, Thomas (1786-1859) A Journal of Travels into the Arkansa Territory, during the Year 1819. With Occasional Observations on the Manners of the Aborigines.
Philadelphia: Printed and published by Thos. H. Palmer, 1821.
First edition, octavo, illustrated with a large folding map and five full-page plates, contemporary boards, detached, contents lightly evenly toned, some spotting, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.
Field 1145; Howes N-229; Sabin 56348; Wagner-Camp 19a.
Nuttall was an English botanist and zoologist who lived in North America between 1808 and 1841. In the present work, he describes his travels along the Arkansas and Red Rivers. He later served as curator of the botanical gardens at Harvard, and published a work of ornithology.
