Oregon Missions and Travels Over the Rocky Mountains, in 1845-46
New York: Edward Dunigan, 1847. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. [7], 12-408, + 4 pp. of prayers. Illustrated with 14 tinted lithographed plates including frontispiece and pictorial title page, plus folding map. 17.4x10.6 cm (6 3/4" x 4 1/4"). Expertly rebacked with most of original spine laid on with original brown blind-stamped boards , spine lettered and illustrated in gilt. Ex-lib, bookplate of The American Catholic Historical Society of Pennsylvania, faint call letters to spine, scattered foxing. Gilt still bright, book tight. Very Good. Item #12101
TWENEY 89, 13: De Smet "describes his travels through the central Columbia Rive plateau, as well as a trip up that river to its source." ... ."
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