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PIKE, Zebulon Montgomery (1779-1813). The Expeditions...To Headwaters of the Mississippi River, Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7. Edited by Elliott Coues. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1895.
3 volumes, large 8o (260 x 170 mm). Frontispiece in vol. I, facsimile letter, map of the falls of St. Anthony, 6 large folding maps in the pocket of vol. 3 (a few tape repairs to maps). Original white cloth-backed boards, printed paper spine labels, untrimmed (a few minor chips to board edges).
LIMITED EDITION, copy number 1 of 150 sets on hand-made paper, from an edition of 1,150 copies. "A new edition, now first reprinted in full from the original of 1810, with copious critical commentary, memoir of Pike, new map and other illustrations, and complete index." Noted by Howes as the "best edition." Howes P-373; Jenkins Basic Texas Books 163F; Rittenhouse 467 ("Scholars have preferred the 1895 edition for its annotations, clarity, and appended documents"). (3)
3 volumes, large 8
LIMITED EDITION, copy number 1 of 150 sets on hand-made paper, from an edition of 1,150 copies. "A new edition, now first reprinted in full from the original of 1810, with copious critical commentary, memoir of Pike, new map and other illustrations, and complete index." Noted by Howes as the "best edition." Howes P-373; Jenkins Basic Texas Books 163F; Rittenhouse 467 ("Scholars have preferred the 1895 edition for its annotations, clarity, and appended documents"). (3)