Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819 and 1820 : by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Maj. S.H. Long, of the U.S. Top. Engineers : compiled from the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the party / by Edwin James, botanist and geologist to the expedition ; in three volumes.
Alternate Title(s):
Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, 1823.
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts F592 .A23 1823 Copy 1 Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Rare Books and Manuscripts F592 .A23 1823 Copy 2 Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 650 BEIN Zc20 822jab Copies 1 and 2: Plates in copies 1 and 2 are bound in different order.BEIN Zc20 822jab Copy 3: Pages 213-214, 247, 248 in v. 1 and, p. 59-60 in v. 2 are cancels. All plates uncolored.BEIN Zc20 822jab Copy 4: Both cancel and cancelled pages for v. 1, p. 213-214, 247, 248, and v. 2, p. 59-60 are bound in; the cancels, and p. 277-278 for v. 1 are bound in v. 1 between p. 224 and 225. Only 5 plates, all uncolored, are included: 3 are the new plates as described in Wagner; the others are "Oto council", and "Distant view of the Rocky Mts." Fronts. 2-3, and p. 165-172 of v. 3 lacking.Half-title: An expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains.Aquatint engravings by J. Clark, after Samuel Seymour.Map engraved by Sidney Hall.Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square.For collation of plates, see Wagner, H.R. The Plains and the Rockies ... 1921, p. 95.Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 35683 BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Bound in gilt-tooled speckled calf. Vol. 1-3 lack half-titles. Copy 2 bound in original boards.
Subject Terms:
Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) | Geology -- West (U.S.) | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel. | United States -- Exploring expeditions. | Ohio River -- Description and travel. | Rocky Mountains -- Description and travel.
James, Edwin, 1797–1861. | Long, Stephen Harriman, 1784–1864. | Say, Thomas, 1787–1834. | United States. War Department. | Seymour, Samuel, active 1797–1822, ill. | Clark, J., engraver. | Hall, Sidney, engraver. | A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer. | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, publisher.