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Lot 2111: SMET, PIERRE JEAN DE. 1801-1873.

Est: $800 USD - $1,200 USDSold:
BonhamsNew York, NY, USJune 25, 2013

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1. Missions de l'Oregon et voyages aux Montagnes Rocheuses. Ghent: Vander Schelden, [1848]. 12mo (173 x 102 mm). [2], ix, [9]-389 pp. Engraved title, 3 folding engraved maps, and 15 plates. Modern half-morocco. Toning to leaves, a few tiny edge-tears. FIRST FRENCH EDITION, prepared by the author, with more material than the English edition, and with differing plates and entirely new maps. Howes D286; Pilling 3625; Sabin 82265. 2. Another copy. Ghent: 1849. 12mo (189 x 100 mm). [2], vii-425 pp. Engraved title, 3 folding maps, plates. Modern half morocco, original wrappers bound in. Repairs to wrapper edges, leaves slightly toned. FIRST DUTCH EDITION. Howes D286; Sabin 82264. 3. Letters and Sketches with a Narrative of a Year's Residence among the Indian Tribes of the Rocky Mountains. Philadelphia: M. Fithian, 1843. 12mo (175 x 98 mm). 244, 12 pp. 11 (of 12) engraved plates. Period quarter morocco rebacked. Lacking frontispiece and folding allegorical plate, leaves and plates soiled throughout, edge-tears to leaves, large tear to engraved view of Rocky Mountains, title and a few plates repaired, boards rubbed. FIRST EDITION, second issue. Howes D283; Sabin 82262. With 3 others. Together, 6 volumes.

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Auction Details

Northwest America and the Arctic, including the Library of Dr. William Priester

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Bonhams
June 25, 2013, 10:00 AM EST

580 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10022, US