LEWIS, Meriwether (1774-1809) and William CLARK (1770-1838). History of the Expedition under the Command of Lewis and Clark. Elliott Coues, editor. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1893. LIMTED EDITION, LARGE-PAPER COPY.
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LEWIS, Meriwether (1774-1809) and William CLARK (1770-1838). History of the Expedition under the Command of Lewis and Clark. Elliott Coues, editor. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1893.
4 volumes, large 8vo. Titles printed in red and black; 2 portrait frontispieces; 8 maps (3 folding in rear cover pocket); 2 facsimile letters; 2 folding tables. (Lacking the facsimile letters in vol. I.)
Original cloth-backed boards, printed paper labels on spines, uncut (some browning and rubbing, slight chipping to labels, endleaf in vol. I detached). Provenance: Thad. Huston (bookplate); C. A. Snowden (gift inscription from Huston, 1907); bookplate.
LIMTED EDITION, LARGE-PAPER COPY, number 178 of 200 copies on handmade paper of a total edition of 1,200. Coues's "edition of 1893 ranks second in importance only to the original journals. his lengthy annotations, based on first-hand knowledge of the territory, are highly informative, and his biographical essay is a major contribution (Wagner-Camp). Graff 2484; Howes L-317; see Wagner-Camp 13:7 note.
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