Journal Kept by David Douglas During His Travels in North America 1823-1827
London: William Wesley, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. 364, appendices, index. Frontispiece. Brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, gilt device to front board. Name, old catalog description taped to front endpaper, light soiling and rubbing to boards, offsetting to endpapers. Very Good+. Item #12000
Seminal work by this Scottish botanist who made three separate exploration trips from England to North America. His first expedition to the Pacific Northwest began in 1824, returning 1827. His research was the underpinning of the nascent Pacific Northwest lumber industry.
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