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Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 11:33:01 +1100
From: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Lewis and Clark original map for sale
Sender: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]>


This may be of interest to western US libraries. Please excuse the
commercialism. I got the following email from Powells Books today.

Brendan Whyte
Uni Melbourne



>FIELD TRIP (PLEASE REMAIN SEATED)
>Ever wonder what the first accurate map of the American west looks like?
>The one Lewis and Clark produced?  Powell's Rare Book Room is proud to
>introduce Lewis and Clark's two volume account of their journey to the
>Pacific, "History of the Expedition." Published in 1814, ours is the only
>copy in circulation with a fully-intact map.  See pictures, learn more.
>http://www.powells.com/lewisandclark/home.html
>

History Of The Expedition Under The Command Of Captains Lewis
                          And Clark, To The Sources Of The Missouri, Thence
Across The
                          Rocky Mountains And Down The River Columbia To
The Pacific
                          Ocean. Performed During The Years 1804-5-6. By
Order Of The
                          Government Of The United States.
                          by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

                          Prepared For The Press by Paul Allen, Esquire.
                          Philadelphia: Bradford & Inskeep, 1814.
                          Two Volumes, in original tree calf, sprinkled
edges, red morocco spine
                          labels.

                          Volume I: xxviii, 470 pp. Folding map
frontispiece, plus two maps in text.
                          Volume II: ix, [I], 522 pp. Three maps in text.

                          Folding map facing title page of Volume I: "A Map
Of Lewis And Clark's
                          Track, Across The Western Portion Of North
America From The
                          Mississippi To The Pacific Ocean." 70 x 30.2 cm

                          Provenence: Frederick W. Skiff, Simon Benson.
Howes 317. Streeter
                          1777. Sabin 40828. Wagner/Camp 13:1. Very good,
light foxing, chip to
                          head of spine vol.I. Folding map unusually clean,
intact with no internal
                          tears, professional repair to margin edge
adjacent to title page.
                          Half-morocco slipcases.

                          $100,000.00

                      Inquiries:
                              Powell's Rare Book Room
                              A.L. Dale-Moore
                              [log in to unmask]
                              503 228 0540 ext 270
                              1 800 878 7323 ext 270
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