Description
The first English edition of Bouquet’s Expedition Against the Ohio Indians in 1764 by William Smith, published in London in 1766.
Quarto, pp. [i] ii-xiii, [1] 2-71. Three quarter brown morocco, marbled boards, title in gilt over red morocco label. Silk bookmark sewn in. Complete with four copper engraved plates and fold-out map of the Ohio Territory. First signature slightly loose along bottom edge, otherwise solid text block. Includes fold-out frontispiece map by Thomas Hutchins. The first edition of this work was published in 1765 by William Bradford in Philadelphia. An appendix was added to this first English edition. Includes two copper plates by Grignon, based on drawings by Benjamin West.
(Sabin 84617) (Howes S693c) (Thomson 1066) (Field 1442)
A scarce copy of this work.
“The introduction describes Bouquet’s successful expedition of 1763, to relieve Fort Pitt from the siege of the Shawnees, Delawares and other Indian tribes. Because of lack of men he was unable to follow up his victory at Bushy Run, and depredations by the Indians continued. He was dispatched again by General Gage in 1764, to force them to make treaties of peace, and to release their prisoners, in both of which aims he was successful.” (Sabin 84616)
Full Collation: Quarto: A-K4 [$2 signed]; 43 leaves, pp. [i] ii-xiii, [1] 2-71.
Full Title: An Historical Account of the Expedition Against the Ohio Indians, In the Year 1764. Under the Command of Henry Bouquet, Esq. Colonel of Foot, and now Brigadier General in America. Including his Transactions with the Indians Relative to the Delivery of their Prisoners, And the Preliminaries of Peace. With an Introductory Account of the Preceding Campaign, And Battle at Bushy-Run. To which are annexed Military Papers, Containing Reflections on the War with the Savages; a Method of forming Frontier Settlements; some Account of the Indian Country; with a List of Nations, Fighting Men, Towns, Distances, and different Routs. The whole illustrated with a Map and Copper – Plates.
