SCHULTZ, Christian.

Travels on an Inland Voyage through the States of New-York

Item #73100

SCHULTZ, Christian. Travels on an Inland Voyage through the States of New-York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, and through the Territories of Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi and New-Orleans; Performed in the Years 1807 and 1808; Including a Tour of Nearly Six Thousand Miles. New-York: Printed by Isaac Riley, 1810. 1st ed. 2 Vols. xviii,207;viii,224pp. Portrait frontis., folding map frontis., 2 plates, 3 folding maps. Rebacked, original tree calf with gilt-ruled spines and red morocco spine labels laid down. Light uniform toning else very good. Very scarce. HOWES S-202 "aa". Graff 3707. Clark II, 166. Sabin 78001. Thomson 1027. Buck 70. One of the earliest works to give a detailed account of travel and the actual risks and dangers encountered in the western country. Schultz crossed upstate New York and western Pennsylvania, then went down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans, travelling inland along the way. The entire second volume covers the trip from the mouth of the Ohio south, and paints a marvelous picture of a Mississippi passage of the period.

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