PIKE, Zebulon Montgomery. Elliott Coues, editor. The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike... During the Years 1805-6-7. NY: Francis P. Harper, 1895. LIMITED EDITION, new edition.
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PIKE, Zebulon Montgomery (1779-1813). Elliott Coues, editor. The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, To Headwaters of the Mississippi River Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1895.
3 volumes, 8vo. Portrait frontispiece in vol.I, folding facsimile letter, 7 maps (including 6 folding into rear pocket of the Index volume). (Some toning and light chipping to extreme outer margin, maps with a few short tears.) Original green cloth gilt (some minor rubbing).
LIMITED EDITION, number 788 of 1150 copies. This new edition was “first reprinted in full from the original of 1810, with copious critical commentary, memoir of Pike, new map and other illustrations, and complete index.” (Rittenhouse). Howes P-373; Rittenhouse 467 (“Scholars have preferred the 1895 edition for its annotations, clarity, and appended documents").
Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia
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