Voyage dans les prairies a l'ouest des Etats-Unis

First edition, rare.
Contemporary full wine-colored sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with richly ornamented compartments. Covers blind-stamped with a large floral plate. Spine sunned. Headcaps rubbed. 3 corners bumped. Fresh work overall despite some light browning.
Journey in 1832 to what would become in 1836 the 25th state of the United States, Arkansas, which lies west of Tennessee, in the great prairies. Encampments, explorations, hunts, Indians. Important testimony from the beginning of Far West exploration, when most regions of the United States were still unknown territories, with Texas still belonging to Mexico.

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