[Rarebooks] FS: Keating NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION TO THE SOURCE OF ST. PETER'S RIVER, 1824

[Charles Agvent]

KEATING, William. NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION TO THE SOURCE OF ST. 
PETER'S RIVER, LAKE WINNEPEEK, LAKE OF THE WOODS, &c. &c. PERFORMED IN 
THE YEAR 1823 ... COMPILED FROM THE NOTES OF MAJOR LONG, MESSRS. SAY, 
KEATING, AND COLHOUN. Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1824. First Edition. 
Two octavo (5-1/4" x 8-3/4") volumes in contemporary calf with early 
rebacking; 16 (ads), xii, [2], [9]-439; vi, [5]-459 pages. Complete with 
half-title pages. Illustrated with a large folding map and 15 plates. 
The primary work on Stephen Long's second expedition, compiled by its 
geologist and historiographer. The excellent plates, engraved by Hill 
after the drawings of Samuel Seymour, illustrate scenes and Indians on 
the upper Mississippi. Includes vocabularies of several tribes. FIELD 
949: "almost a cyclopedia of material, relating to the Indians of the 
explored territory. Nothing escaped the attention of the gentlemen who 
accompanied the expedition; and their statements regarding the customs, 
character, and numbers of the Sioux and Chippeway tribes, are among the 
most valuable we have of those people"; GRAFF 2280; HOWES K-20; SABIN 
37137: "statements respecting the Sioux and Chippeway tribes are among 
the most valuable we have"; WAGNER-CAMP 26b:1. Light, scattered foxing 
affecting a few plates; labels missing from spine. A Very Good set. 
(#020559)        $1,000

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