Description
The second edition of Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America In the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768 by Capt. Jonathan Carver, including the elusive “Tobacco Plate.”
Octavo, [24], i-xvi, 17-543pp, [1]. Bound in three-quarter black leather, marbled paper-covered boards. Five raised bands, title in gilt over red label on spine. Light rubbing and wear to edges of binding. Previous ownership bookplate and article on front endpapers.
Complete with four full-page illustrations, taken from copper plates, all with very faint foxing. There is an additional plate with illustrations of tobacco leaves opposite Page 522, noted in Howes as “inserted in some” copies, but was not issued with this edition. Includes two fold-out maps, both in near fine condition with only faint foxing. Features material inserted from a later edition, including a frontispiece of Captain Jonathan Carter and a facsimile document.
(Howes C215) (Sabin 11184) (Field 251)
This American travel classic details the expedition of Captain Jonathan Carver, originally funded by Major Robert Rogers. Carver traveled west from Mackinac through the lake regions of Michigan and modern-day Wisconsin. He was promised additional supplies from Rogers, but they did not come, so Carver returned east. Rogers never paid for the expedition, so Carver sailed to London and wrote this work to describe his time abroad. Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America gained great popularity, originally published in 1788 and going through over 16 editions.
