THOMAS, David

Travels Through the Western Country in the Summer of 1816. Including

Item #23786

THOMAS, David. Travels Through the Western Country in the Summer of 1816. Including Notices of the Natural History, Topography, Commerce, Antiquities, Agriculture & Manufactories: With a Map of the Wabash Country, Now Settling. Auburn, [N.Y.]: David Rumsey, 1819. 1st ed. Complete with the folding map which is most often missing. (4), 320pp. plus errata. Newly rebound in antique-style calf-backed marbled boards with leather label on spine. A couple of minor tears, but overall a very good copy. Howes T-162. "It is a work of sterling merit...the route of the author was down the Ohio, stopping at all towns and places of interest on both sides of the Ohio..."--Thomson. An important piece of midwestern Americana and very pro-Wabash Valley.

Price: $1,250.00