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Lot 55
FREMONT, JOHN CHARLES Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and Northern California in the years 1843-44.
Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton, 1845. The Senate issue, Francis Parkman's signed copy. Publisher's cloth, expertly rebacked with the spine strip laid-down, housed in a morocco backed clamshell case. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (23 x 14 cm); 693 pp., with 5 maps including the large folding map Map of an Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842 and to Oregon & North California in the Years 1843-44 held in a pocket at rear, 21 plates (of 22, lacks one botanical plate). The large map with strengthening to folds and some splits, the map and text lightly toned, some spotting, formerly in the Harvard College Library and with their booklabel, discreet embossed stamp to title, and release stamps to pastedown and copyright (offset to free endpaper and visible on title), also with a stamp recording the Parkman gift in 1894, with Francis Parkman's signature and dated 1847 on the title page and that of Francis Parkman, Jr. to the front blank.
A fine contemporary association between Fremont and Parkman, who in 1847 had just returned from the West and was actively writing The California and Oregon Trail. The large folding map is one of the most impressive and important of the period and had a profound impact on the routes taken by western settlers. Fremont's work was widely read and ran to many editions, greatly influencing and preparing those who ventured West in the Gold Rush.
C Private Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
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