John Gilmary SHEA
Discovery and exploration of the Mississipi Valley : with the original narratives of Marquette, Allouez, Membré, Hennepin, and Anastase Douay. With a facsimile of the newly-discovered map of Marquette
Redfield|New York 1852|14.5 x 23 cm|Relié
Illustrated with a facsimile letter as frontispiece and a folding map at the end of the volume (cf. Sabin, 80002 and 25852).
Only one copy listed in the CCF (BnF).
Contemporary binding in red half shagreen, spine with five raised bands framed by gilt dotted rules, gilt triple compartments, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Traces of damp to the beginning of the volume, with clumsily restored paper margins to the upper right corners of some leaves, occasional foxing.
Previously published as the fourth volume in French’s major series, Historical collection of Louisiana, this compilation concerning the exploration of the Mississippi Vall
€350