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Livres anciens et modernes

Oliphant, Lawrence

Minnesota and the Far West

1855

68,62 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1855
Lieu d'édition
Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons
Auteur
Oliphant, Lawrence
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - North America Americana
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [23 x 14 cm]; xiv, 306, 16 [ads] pp, tinted lithographed frontis, 5 engraved plates, 9 other illus, folding map (the eastern half of which is lacking). original pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, spine and corners worn, lightly foxed on some pages, lacks pages 193 to 208 and the illustration in that signature, fair copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Part I is on Canada including trade, society, politics, backwoods, travels from Toronto to Lake Simcoe, canoe voyage down the Severin, Indian villages. Part II is Lake Superior including Sault Ste. Marie, the pictured rocks, mineral deposits, city of Superior, Wisconsin. Part III is Minnesota including camping out, the Savannahs, the Mississippi, Indian affairs, the Sauk Rapids, Falls of St. Anthony, St. Paul, train travel, manners, customs, steamboat life, across the prairies, Chicago to Niagara. The missing signature is on the early traders and Sandy Lake. Sabin 57183. Howes O64. Graf 3091. Lande 1371. TPL 3463.