GENUINE HISTORY
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.
1814
Travels | to the
| Source of the Missouri River | and across the |
American Continent | to the | Pacific Ocean. |
Performed | by Order
of the Government of the United States,
| in the years | 1804, 1805,
and 1806. | By Captains
Lewis and Clarke. | Published from the Official
Report, |
and | illustrated by a map of the route, and other maps.
|
London: | Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and
Brown, |
Paternoster-Row. | 1814. |
4to;
half-title, with "J. G. Barnard, | Skinner-street, London", on the
verso; title, verso blank; "Preface, by the English Editor", pp.
[v]–xiv,
signed at end by "Thomas Rees", and dated at "Barnard's
Inn, April 30,
1814";
"Contents", pp. [xv]–xxiv; text, pp. [1]–663; catalogue of
"Works published" on verso of p. 663. P. 323 is misprinted 223. Signatures:
[a] in two, b–c in fours, d in
two; B–4P in fours. Large folded
map, "Neele. sculp. 352. Strand";
five plates on three leaves, intended for
pp. 47, 191, 364, 379,
398.
Copies: BM (two copies); C; CHC; MHS; NYHS
(imperfect); NYSL.
1815
Travels | to the source of |
the Missouri River | and across the |
American Continent
| to | the Pacific Ocean. | Performed by order
of
| the government of the United States, | in the years |
1804, 1805,
and 1806. | By Captains Lewis and Clarke. |
Published from the
official report, | and illustrated by a map of
the route, | and other
maps. | A new edition, in three
volumes. | Vol. I. [II.] [III.] |
London: | Printed
for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, |
Paternoster-Row.
| 1815. |
3 vols; 8vo. Vol. I: Title, with "Printed by A.
Strahan, Printers-Street,
London" on verso; "Preface, by the English
editor", signed by Thomas
Rees, pp. [iii]–xix; p. [xx] blank;
"Contents of the first volume", pp.
[xxi]–xxvi; text, pp.
[1]–411; verso of last page blank. Plates: Large
folded map engraved
by Neele; "Ancient Fortification on the Missouri", opp.
p. 87 (but the
plate is misnumbered 47); "Great Falls of the Missouri", opp.
p. 191. Vol.
II: Title, with printer's name on verso; "Contents of the
second volume",
pp. [v]–xii; text, pp. [1]–434. Plates: "Great Falls of
Columbia River", opp. p. 364; "Lower Falls of the Columbia", opp. p.
379; "Mouth of Columbia River", opp. p. 398. Vol. III: Title, with
printer's name on verso; "Contents of the third volume", pp.
[iii]–xii; text,
pp. [1]–394. No plates. Signatures: Vol. I
—A in eight, a in eight (the
last three represented only by stubs),
B–CC in eights, DD in four, EE in
two. Vol. II—a in six (the
first being blank), B–EE in eights, FF in one.
Vol. III—A in
six, B–BB in eights, CC in four, DD in one.
Copies: BM; C; CHC; HSP; NL.
1817
Travels | to the
source of | the Missouri River, | and across the |
American Continent | to | the Pacific Ocean. |
Performed by order
of | the government of the United States,
| in the years | 1804, 1805,
and 1806. | By Captains
Lewis and Clarke. | Published from the official
report, |
and illustrated by a map of the route, | and other maps. | A
new edition, in three volumes. | Vol. I. [II.] [III.]
|
London: | Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and
Brown, |
Paternoster-Row. | 1817.
This edition collates almost the same as the
preceding London edition of
1815. The large map and plates are the same in
both, but the editions differ
typographically; the 1817 edition is
entirely reset. The following variations
should be noted: A comma at the
end of the third line of the title-pages, not
in the 1815 edition. On the
verso of sig. a6, in vol. i, "Directions for placing
the Maps", not in the 1815 edition. A half-title to vol. ii, with verso
blank,
making sig. A in six, of which this half-title is the first leaf.
In vol. iii sig. A
is arranged in six leaves, as follows: Title, with
printer's name on verso;
"Contents of the third volume", pp.
[iii]–xii.
Copies: CHC; HSP;
WHS.
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.
1816–1818
Reize
| naar | de Bronnen van den Missouri, | en door het vaste
Land van America | naar de Zuidzee. | Gedaan op last van de
Regering
der Vereenigde Staten van America,
| in de jaren 1804, 1805 en
1806. | Door de Kapiteins
| Lewis en Clarke. | Met eene Kaart. |
Uit het
Engelsch vertaald door | N. G. Van Kampen. | Eerste
[Tweede]
[Derde en Laatste] Deel. | [Star]
|
Te Dordrecht, | bij A. Blussé & Zoon. |
1816. |
3 vols; 8vo. Vol. I: Title, verso blank; "Voorberigt van
den Vertaler",
pp. [iii]–xviii; "Voorberigt van den Engelschen
Uitgever", pp. [xix]–
xxviii; "Inhoud", pp. xxix-xxxii; text, pp.
[I]–398; large folded "Kaart
| der Reizen van Lewis en Clarke
| door het Westelijk gedeelte van | Noord
Amerika, |
van den | Mississippi tot de Zuid Zee, | op last van de
Uitvoerende
Magt der | Vereenigde Staten, | in 1804, 5 en 6.
| C. van Baarsel en Zoon,
sculps." Vol. II: Title, verso blank;
"Inhoud", pp. [iii]–viii; text, pp.
[1]–390; p. 98 is mispaged
70. Vol. III: Title, verso blank; "Inhoud",
pp. [v]–xii; text, pp.
[1]–326; "Bijlagen", pp. 327–335; verso of p. 335
blank; pp.
119, 161 and 300 are mispaged 116, 163 and 30, respectively.
Signatures:
Vol. I—* and ** in eights, A–B b in eights, the last apparently
completed by one blank leaf. Vol. II—* in four, A–A a in
eights, B b in
four, the last apparently completed by one blank leaf. Vol.
III—* in six, one
being blank, A–X in eights. In Vol. I sig.
O6 is misprinted O5; and in Vol.
II. sig. A3 is misprinted A5.
In this work the imprints of the first two volumes
agree, save that the second
volume is dated 1817; but the third volume has
the following imprint: "Te
Dordrecht, | bij Blussé en Van
Braam. | 1818.|" The only copy which I
have seen is in the
Library of Congress. It is also in WHS.
1842–1901
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, 1805, 1806,
| by order
of the | Government of the United States.
| Prepared for the press | by
Paul Allen, Esq. |
Revised, and abridged by the omission of umimportant
[sic] de-
| tails, with an introduction and notes, | by Archibald
McVickar. | In two volumes. | Vol. I. [II.]
|
New-York: | Harper and Brothers, 82 Cliff-St. |
1842. |
2 vols.; 18 mo. Vol. 1:—Title, with copyright on
verso; "Advertisement",
pp.
[iii]–vi; "Contents", pp. [i]–v; p. [vi] blank; "Introduction",
pp. [vii]–li; p. [lii]
blank; text, pp. [53]–371; "Catalogue of
Books", on verso of p. 371. Vol. II:—Title,
with copyright on verso;
"Contents", pp. [iii]–x; text, pp.
[9]–338; "Appendix", pp. [339]–
395; verso of p. 395 blank.
Plates: Vol. 1, "Map of Lewis and Clark's,
Track across the Western
Portion of North America, . . . Drawn & Engraved
by W. G. Evans N.
York", to face title; "Fortification" opp. p. 87;
"Principal Cascade of
the Missouri" opp. p. 223; "The Falls & Portage"
opp. p. 234. Vol. II,
"Great Falls of Columbia River" opp. p. 64; "The
Great Shoot or Rapid"
opp. p. 79; "Mouth of Columbia River" opp. p. 92.
Signatures: Vol. I, 3
prel. leaves, A–H
h in sixes; x
2
misprinted H
2. Vol.
II, 5 prel. leaves, A in two,
B–K
k in sixes.
The foregoing description is
from a set of the original edition in the Library
of Congress. It is a
curious fact that all of the editions which I have seen, even
those of a
late date, perpetuate an error in the stereotype plates, namely "unimportant"
on the title-pages, which is
given as "umimportant."
By the kindness of Mr. A. V. S. Anthony, of
Harper and Brothers, I have
been able to test my record of subsequent
editions by the books of the publishers.
He also states that "several
small editions have been published since 1891, of
which no record was
kept." The following is a conspectus of the issues of this
oft-printed
work, brought out originally in Harpers' popular "Family Library":
—
September, 1842; January, 1843; May, 1843; January, 1844; July,
1845;
April, 1847; May, 1850; August, 1851; June, 1855; April, 1858;
November,
1860; February, 1868; March, 1871 (vol. II); April, 1872
(vol. I);
February, 1874 (vol. II); December, 1875 (vol. I); 1876 (copy
in NYHS, but
publishers have no record); February, 1881; March, 1882;
July, 1883;
April, 1886; February, 1887; June, 1891; June, 1901; several
undated
editions of late publication (one such in NYHS).
Sabin in his Dictionary of Books relating to America mentions a London,
1842, edition of McVickar, but it is not in the
British Museum. I have not
been able to verify his statement, yet it is
not unlikely that the American publishers
may have made up some sets for the English market.
1893
History of the Expedition
| under the command of | Lewis and
Clark, | To the
Sources of the Missouri River, thence across the Rocky
Mountains and
| down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean, performed
during | the Years
1804–5–6, by Order of the Government
of the United States.
| A New Edition, | Faithfully Reprinted from the
only
Authorized Edition of 1814, with Copious | Critical Commentary,
Prepared upon Examination of Unpublished | Official Archives and
Many Other Sources of Information, | Including a Diligent Study of
the | Original Manuscript Journals | and | Field
Notebooks of the
Explorers, | together with | A New
Biographical and Bibliographical
Introduction, New Maps | and other
Illustrations, and a Complete
Index, | by | Elliott Coues, |
Late Captain and Assistant Surgeon,
United States Army, | Late
Secretary and Naturalist, United States
Geological Survey, | Member
of the National Academy of Sciences,
etc. | In Four Volumes.
| Vol. I. [–IV.]
New York. | Francis P. Harper.
| 1893.
4 vols., 8vo. Vol. I: Half-title, with certification of
the edition on verso;
title, with copyright on verso; "Dedication", verso
blank; "Preface to the
new edition", pp. v–x; "Contents of the first
volume", pp. xi–xii; "Preface
to the original edition", pp.
xiii–xiv; "Memoir of Meriwether Lewis", pp.
xv–xlii;
"Supplement to Jefferson's Memoir of Meriwether Lewis. By Dr.
Coues", pp.
xliii–lxii; "Memoir of William Clark. By Dr. Coues", pp.
lxiii–xcvii; p. [xcviii] blank; "Memoir of Patrick Gass. By Dr.
Coues", pp.
xciv–cvi; "Bibliographical Introduction. By Dr. Coues",
pp. cvii–cxxxii; text,
pp. [1]–352; frontispiece portrait of
Lewis, and facsimiles of holograph letters of
Lewis and of Clark, opposite
pp. xv and lxiii. Vol. II: Half-title, verso blank;
title, with copyright
on verso; "Contents of the second volume", pp. v–vi; text
pp.
353–820; frontispiece portrait of Clark. Vol. III: Half-title, verso
blank;
title, with copyright on verso; "Contents of the third volume", pp.
v–vi; text,
pp. 821–1213; p. [1214] blank; "Appendix I. Essay
on an Indian policy",
pp. 1215–1243; "Appendix II. Estimate of the
western Indians", pp. 1244–
1256; "Appendix III. Summary statement",
pp. 1257–1263; "Appendix
IV. Meteorological register", pp.
1264–1298. Vol. IV: Half-title, verso
blank; title, with copyright
on verso; "List of maps and other plates", p. v;
one blank page; folded
"Tabular statement of the lineal issue of William Clark";
folded "Tabular
statement of the living issue of William Clark"; "Index",
pp.
1299–1364; plans and maps as follows: "Fortification", "The Falls
and Portage", "Great Falls of Columbia River", "The Great Shoot or Rapid",
"Mouth of Columbia River", folded "Map of Lewis and Clark's Track",
folded "Map of part of the Continent of North America"; "New Map of the
Route of Lewis and Clark in 1804–5–6, Prepared by Elliott
Coues for comparison
with Clark's Map of
1814". No signatures. The edition consisted
of one thousand copies, of
which Nos. 1 to 200 were printed on handmade
paper, and Nos. 201 to 1000
on fine book paper.
Dr. Coues did not believe in strictly adhering to the
text of the 1814 edition.
"I have not found it necessary to make a fetich
of that text", is his declaration.
So in his other edited works he took
liberties with originals; for example, in
Larpenteur he tells us that "there was scarcely a sentence in
it all that did not
need to be recast to some extent in preparing the
manuscript for publication.
But this is a mere matter of grammar; I have
simply helped the author to
express himself; the sense and sentiment are
his own, if the style is not." Of
the Lewis and Clark he says, "I have
punctiliously preserved the orthography
of proper names in all their
variance and eccentricity; and wherever I have
amplified any statement in
the text, or diverted the sense of a passage by a hair's
breadth, square
brackets indicate the fact. Yet I have not hesitated to touch the
text here and there in a mere matter of
grammar or punctuation. For the rest,
I have prepared new titles and
synopses of the chapters, and new headlines of
the pages; one new chapter
is interpolated, by digesting the Clatsop diary for
that purpose.
Excepting in these several respects, the present edition is literally
true
to the original. Nothing whatever is omitted."
Copies: AAS; BA; BPL; C; CHC; HC; LCP; NA; NL; NYHS;
NYSL; WHS.
1902
History | of | the Expedition
| under the command of | Captains
Lewis | and Clark
| to | the sources of the Missouri, across the Rocky |
Mountains, down the Columbia River | to the Pacific in 1804–6
| A
reprint of the edition of 1814 to | which all the
members of the |
expedition contributed | with maps |
In three volumes | Vol. I. [II.]
[III.]
New Amsterdam Book
Company | Publishers: New York, 1902 |
3 vols; sm. 8vo.
Vol. I: Title, verso blank; "Preface", pp. v–vii;
one blank page;
"Life of Captain Lewis", pp. ix–xxvii; one blank page; "Contents",
pp. xxix–xxxiii; one blank
page; text, pp. 35–416; portrait frontispiece
of Lewis; plan of "Fortification",
opp. p. 108; "The Falls and
Portage", opp. p. 347. Vol. II: Title, verso
blank; "Contents", pp. iii–ix;
one blank page; text, pp.
11–410, with two blank leaves between pp. 406 and
407; a final blank
leaf to complete the last signature; portrait frontispiece of
Clark;
"Great Falls of Columbia River", opp. p. 210; "The Great Shoot",
etc.,
opp. p. 234; "Mouth of Columbia River", opp. p. 257. Vol. III:
Title,
verso blank; "Contents", pp. iii–xi; one blank page; text, pp. 13–
283; one blank page; "Appendix", pp. 285–382; "The Commonwealth
Library", pp. (4). Signatures: Vol. I: [1]–26 in eights, the first
leaf blank;
Vol. II: [1] to 10 in eights, 11 in four, 12 in four,
12–26 in eights. Vol.
III: [1] to 24 in eights, and one additional
leaf. Large folded map in a pocket
of Vol. III, entitled, "A Map of Lewis
and Clark's Track . . . Sam Harrison
fct". This
edition is included in the series known as "The Commonwealth
Library".
Described from a set in the Library of Congress. There is also
a special
edition on large paper.
An issue for the Canadian market from the same
sheets and in the same
binding of "The Commonwealth Library", has the
following imprint on the
title-pages: "George N. Morang & Company,
Limited | Toronto |". This is
the only variation from the
regular New York edition.
1902
History | of | the Expedition
| of | Captains Lewis and Clark |
1804–5–6 | Reprinted from the edition of 1814 |
With introduction
and Index
| by | James K. Hosmer, LL.D., | [
Four
lines] | In Two
Volumes, with Portraits and Maps |
Volume I. [II.] |
Chicago | A. C. McClurg & Co.
| 1902.
2 vols; 8vo. Vol. I: Half-title, verso blank; title, with
copyright, etc. on
verso; facsimile of 1814 title and original copyright,
pp. (2); "Publishers'
Note", with verso blank, one leaf; "Contents of
Volume I", pp. [ix]–xiii;
one blank leaf; "List of Portraits and
Maps", with verso blank, one leaf;
"Introduction", pp. [xvii]–xxxv;
"Preface To the Edition of 1814", pp.
[xxxvii]–xxxix; one blank
leaf; "Life of Captain Lewis", pp. xli–lvi;
half-title to text,
verso blank; text, pp. [1]–500. Maps and portraits as
shown in the
volume itself. Vol. II: Half-title, verso blank; title, with copyright,
etc. on verso; "Contents of Volume
II", pp. [v]–xi; one blank page;
"List of Portraits and Maps", with
verso blank, one leaf; text, pp. [1]–461;
p. [462] blank;
"Appendix", pp. [463]–550; "Index", pp. [551]–586.
Maps and
portraits as shown in the volume itself. Described from a set in the
Library of Congress.
1904
History of the Expedition under the Command
of Captains Lewis and
Clark to the Sources of the Missouri, Across the
Rocky Mountains,
Down the Columbia River to the Pacific in 1804–6.
With an account
of the Louisiana Purchase, by Prof. John Bach MacMaster,
and an introduction
identifying the route,
by Ripley Hitchcock. New York:
A. S. Barnes & Co., 1904.
12mo;
3 vols. This edition is included in "The Trail Makers" series.
The title
is taken from the publishers' circular announcement.
