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(LEWIS & CLARK.) The Travels of Capts. Lewis & Clarke.
(LEWIS & CLARK.) The Travels of Capts. Lewis & Clarke. Folding map, skillfully restored on inner margin. 8vo, modern 1/4 calf, period style; minor foxing throughout, scarcely visible archival repairs to first 3 leaves, marginal dampstaining on upper edge affecting first 8 and final 26 leaves. London, 1809
- Notes: first english edition of what is sometimes called the Lewis & Clark apocrypha, an unauthorized compilation of various sources which came to press five years before the official expedition journals were published in 1814. "A close reprint of the Philadelphia edition, with the omission of Jefferson''s Recommendation (a deliberately misleading element in the earlier edition), with changes to the publisher''s introduction, particularly in the early paragraphs, and with the omission of the plates and final anecdotes. This light editing showed some judicious cuts in extraneous material"--The Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 4a.2. Graff 2479; Howes L321; Sabin 40827; Wagner-Camp 8:2.
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