1817
History | of | the Expedition
| under the command of | Captains
Lewis and Clarke, |
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, Esq. | With
the life of Captain Lewis, | by T. Jefferson, |
President of
the United States of America. | In two volumes. |
Vol. I.
[II.] |
Philadelphia: Published by Bradford and Inskeep; and Abm.
H. |
Inskeep, New York. | Dublin: | Printed by J.
Christie, 170, James's–
Street. | 1817. |
2
vols; 8vo. Vol. I: Title, with American copyright on verso; "Contents
of
the first volume", pp. (6); "Preface", pp. [iii]–v; p. [vi] blank;
"Life of Captain Lewis", pp. [vii]–xxvii; p. [xxviii] blank; text,
pp. [1]–
588. P. viii is misprinted iiiv, and p. 418 is given as 18.
Folded map on thin
paper, copied in reduced size after that of the 1814
Philadelphia edition; plates
of "Fortification", opp. p. 78; "Principal
Cascade of the Missouri", a view,
opp. p. 326; "The Falls and Portage",
opp. p. 327. Vol. II: Title, with
American copyright on verso; "Contents
of the second volume", pp. [i]–
xii; "Subscribers", pp. (3);
"Directions for placing the plates" in both
volumes, p. (1); text, pp.
[3]–544; "Appendix", pp. [545]–643, verso
of last leaf blank.
The appendix consists of "Observations and reflections on
the present and
future state of Upper Louisiana"; "Estimate of the Western
Indians";
"Reflections and Remarks"; "A summary statement of the
rivers", etc. P.
261 is mispaged 2. Plates of "Great Falls of Columbia
River", opp. p. 40;
"The Great Shoot or Rapid", opp. p. 67; "Mouth
of Columbia River", opp. p.
90. Signatures: Vol. 1—[a] for title, b in
six, B–4 H in
fours. Vol. II—[a] for title, b and c in fours, [A] in three,
B–4 M in fours, 4N in two.
Copies: C;
CHC; MHS; NL; WHS.
