Travels in the Interior Parts of America; Communicating Discoveries Made in Exploring the Missouri Red River and Washita by Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, and Mr. Dunbar; with a Statistical account of the Countries Adjacent. As Laid Before the Senate by the President of the United States. In February 1806 and Never Before Published in Great Britain.
London. Printed for Richard Phillips. 1807. 8vo, 20.6cm, the First English edition, [1]-118p., 1 folding table; printed Index leaf has been cut down and tipped-in at the rear, bound in half tan calf and marbled boards, two blind ruled raised bands, gilt titles along the spine, a fine clean copy. (cgc). Item #40366
Note. Clark's name is properly spelled on title-page, but is mis-spelled "Clarke" several times throughout the text and on the spine. ~ WCB 5:6; t; Sabin 40826. Beckham 2b. 6; Howes L319: "The Sibley-Dunbar descriptions of the Texas-Louisiana frontier gave the first formal and satisfactory picture of the southern portion of the Louisiana Purchase." It also contains Jefferson's Message to Congress; Lewis' letter to Jefferson from Fort Mandan; Sibley's Historical Sketches; Meteorological Observations; Distances up the Red River; and several other comments and observations.
Price: $4,500.00