SCHOOLCRAFT, Henry Rowe (1793-1864). A View of the Lead Mines of Missouri. New York: Charles Wiley & Co., 1819. FIRST EDITION of Schoolcraft's first published work.
8vo (213 x 120 mm). 3 engraved plates. (Some minor offsetting, toning and spotting, a few short marginal tears not affecting text.) Later half dark-green morocco, marbled boards, spine gilt-lettered (slight wear). Provenance: The Library Company of Philadelphia (bookseller's label laid in); Littell & Henry, Philadelphia (bookseller's ticket); Henry L. Jost, Jr., (b. ca 1916), son of Henry Lee Jost, Mayor of Kansas City (book label); Dudley Bell Priester (1923-2017), Mississippi River collector and bibliographer (bookplate, sold Bloomsbury, 20 November 2009, lot 114).
FIRST EDITION of Schoolcraft's first published work, which includes five articles describing the geography of the Missouri Territory, minerals found in the West, a description of a voyage up the Mississippi, and the topography of the White River. Plates depict Potosi and various mining techniques. Bradford 4845; Buck 126; Graff 3702; Howes S-194; Sabin 77881; Wagner-Camp 15d:1.