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London: Printed for Hunt and Clarke, 1828. Hardcover. Fair. London: Printed for Hunt and Clarke, 1828. VOLUME 1. FIRST EDITION. Illustrations and maps. 472 pages. Poor or better. Disbound; lacking backstrip and covers; pages fairly clean. This volume deals with his travels in Europe. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .
A PILGRIMAGE IN EUROPE AND AMERICA, LEADING TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND BLOODY RIVER; WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE WHOLE COURSE OF THE FORMER, AND OF THE OHIO by BELTRAMI, J.C - 1828
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A PILGRIMAGE IN EUROPE AND AMERICA, LEADING TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND BLOODY RIVER; WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE WHOLE COURSE OF THE FORMER, AND OF THE OHIO
by BELTRAMI, J.C
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London: Hunt and Clarke, 1828. Two volumes. (lxxvi, 473; 545). Gray cloth-covered boards.Panelled spines, red and black leather labels. Fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed. New endpapers.Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author. Light off-setting onto title-page. Most pages uncut at top, some at fore-edge as well. Volume 1 has two folding plans; one of the Solace Gardens of Schwetzingen, Germany; the other of Karlsrhue. An errata slip is attached at the end. Volume 2 has a large folding map of the course of the Mississippi River with 2 small tears and slight browning at one fold. Volume 2 also has three full-page plates at the end showing Indian artifacts and apparel. Plates are lightly foxed, mainly on periphery. Volume 1 recounts the author's travels in England, France, Germany, and Italy. Volume 2 is devoted to his travels among Northwestern American Indian tribes. Some authorities have disputed the accuracy of the narration and even doubted the discovery claims. Several letters regarding this dispute are included in the preface of Volume 1. See Howes B338, Field 111, Wagner-Camp 26a.2. . First English Edition. 1/2 Gray Morocco. Light Edge Wear/No Jacket. Octavo.
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- Date Published 1828
- Keywords Americana, American History, Exploration, Europe
- Size Octavo
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A Pilgrimage in Europe and America, Leading to the Discovery of the Sources of the Mississippi and Bloody River, with a Description of the Whole Course of the Former and of the Ohio
by Beltrami, J.C. (Giacomo Constantino)
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London: Hunt and Clarke, 1828. Hardcover. Good. First edition in English. Two octavo volumes, pp. lxxiii, 472; 545 pp, with three plates showing "Indian Ornaments,", engraved frontis portrait of the author "in his Dress among the Indians," two folding plans and a folding map of the course of the Mississippi. Bound in contemporary three-quarter leather and marbled boards. Ex-library, with call numbers on spines and ownership and discard stamps on the Bemidji Public Library. Inscribed on both front free endpapers "Presented to the Public Library of Bemidji, Minnesota by Edward C. Gale, Minneapolis, April 1921," and with correspondence from Gale to the library in an envelope affixed to the rear pastedown of Volume II. Gale (1862-1943) was a Minneapolis attorney, historian, civic leader, and philanthropist. Frontispiece of Volume I and title page of Volume II partially detached. Map is laid in loose and has creasing, tears, and small losses. Plan of the Palace Gardens belonging to the Duke of Baden has…
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A Pilgrimage in Europe and America, leading to the Discovery of the Sources of the Mississippi and Bloody River; with a description of the Whole Course of the Former, and of the Ohio. [Two volumes]
by Beltrami, J.C. (Giacomo Costantino)
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London: Printed for Hunt and Clarke, 1828. First English edition. Three quarter dark brown morocco over marbled boards, five raised bands decorated in gilt, black morocco lettering pieces, gilt volume numerals. Nearly invisible repair to front hinge, else a very good set, extremities worn, scattered foxing; tear at inner margin to first few leaves, offsetting on title, folding map remounted, creased, trimmed to exclude the left side neat line but without loss to map, mainly marginal repairs to two tears on verso of one plan.. xxiii, 472 pp.; 545 pp. Illus. with engraved frontis, 3 plates, 2 folding plans, and large folding map of the Mississippi. 8vo. Giacomo Costantino Beltrami was a naturalist and explorer who left Italy for Europe after a period of political persecution, then journeyed to America where he traveled from Pittsburgh down the Ohio and up the Mississippi to Ft. Anthony; then to Canada, down the Red River, across to the Missouri and down the Mississippi to New Orleans. For a while he…
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A Pilgrimage in Europe and America, leading to The Discovery of the Sources of the Mississippi and Bloody River; with a Description of the whole course of the former, and of The Ohio.
by Beltrami, J.C. Esq
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London: Hunt and Clarke, 1828 First English Edition. lxxvi,472,(1); 545 pp. Two volumes. Octavo (22.5 X 14.5 cm.) Original blue paper covered boards. Brown paper spines. New paper spine labels. Untrimmed. Board edges quite worn. Contemporary signature on front paste down. Mounted frontispiece of the author in volume one. Two folding plans. Three plates and a large folding map. Minor foxing scattered in each volume. Overall a very attractive copy. Field 111; Howes B338 ("aa"); Sabin 4605; Wagner-Camp 26a:2. Most of volume 2 covers the author's year in America, during which he traveled from the Eastern seaboard to the Mississippi via the Ohio valley. then up the river to its tributaries in what is now Minnesota. Finally down the river to New Orleans. He undertook a dangerous and lonely journey in his search for the sources of the Mississippi and other rivers in which he claimed a successful exploration. Much of the second volume appeared separately in French under the…
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