[Rarebooks] FS: "Oregon Missions and Travels Over the Rocky Mountains in 1845-46" NY: 1847

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(AMERICANA) Smet, Pierre-Jean de. OREGON MISSIONS AND TRAVELS OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, IN 1845-46. New York: Edward Dunigan. 1847. 12mo. First edition. 408pp. Plus (4)pp. of the Lord's Prayer in 7 Native American languages and a vocabulary of common nouns. Added engraved title with a vignette. Lithograph frontispiece, 12 tinted lithograph plates, and a folding map (a bit foxed) of "Oregon Territory. 1846." Orig. blind stamped brown cloth with pictorial gilt spine. Old ownership signature on half-title dated 1876. Occasional foxing but still a fine copy.    $500.00 (trade discount allowed)
Howes: The Final Edition (under De Smet) D292. Sabin 82268.

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