1814
History | of | the Expedition
| under the command of | Captains
Lewis and Clark, |
to | the Sources of the Missouri, | thence | across
the Rocky Mountains | and down the | River Columbia to the
Pacific
Ocean. | Performed during the years 1804–5–6.
| By order of the |
Government of the United States.
| Prepared for the press | by Paul
Allen, Esquire. |
In two volumes. | Vol. I. [II.] |
Philadelphia: |
Published by Bradford and Inskeep; and | Abm: H.
Inskeep, New York.
| J. Maxwell, Printer. | 1814. |
2 vols; 8vo. Vol.
1: Title, with copyright on verso; "Preface", signed
by Paul Allen, pp.
[iii]–v; p. [vi] blank; "Life of Captain Lewis", pp.
[vii]–xxiii; p. [xxiv] blank; "Contents", pp. [xxv]–xxviii;
text, pp. [1]–
470. Plates: "Fortification", opp. 63; "The Falls and
Portage", opp. p.
261; large folded map entitled, "A | Map of
| Lewis and Clark's Track, |
Across the Western Portion of
| North America | From the | Mississippi to the
Pacific Ocean; | By Order of the Executive | of the |
United States. | in 1804.
5 & 6. | Copied by Samuel
Lewis from the | Original Drawing of Wm.. Clark.
| Saml. Harrison fct.
|" Vol. II: Title, with copyright on verso; "Contents",
pp.
[iii]–ix; one blank page; text, pp. [1]–433; p. [434] blank; "Appendix",
pp. [435]–522. Plates: "Great
Falls of Columbia River", opp. p.
31; "The Great Shoot or Rapid", opp. p.
52; "Mouth of Columbia River",
opp. p. 70. Signatures: Vol.
1–[a]–c in fours, d in two, B–30 in fours, the
last leaf
blank. Vol. II–[A] in six (the first blank), B–3u in fours, 3x in
one.
Copies: AAS; BA; BM; C; CHC; HC (two copies);
HSP; LCP;
NL (two copies, one without the map); NYHS (uncut copy, with
titles on
original board covers); NYSL; WHS.
