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Bradbury, John
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description
- Bradbury, John
- Travels in the Interior of America... including a Description of Upper Louisiana, together with the States of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee, with the Illinois and Western Territories. Liverpool: for the Author, 1817
- paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (215 x 126mm.), xii, 364pp., contemporary black pebble-grained morocco, full gilt spine, marbled endpapers, red edges
Provenance
Ruthven Deane, bookplate
Condition
A good copy
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Bradbury's journey was undertaken to sample plants in the New Orleans area at the request of the Botanical Society of Liverpool. In an early audience with Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, Bradbury was convinced to make his way to St. Louis, from whence his travels began. He met an aging Daniel Boone, travelled with H.M. Brackenridge and Wilson Hunt, and collected many valuable specimens in Ohio, Kentucky and the Missouri territory. "One of the most accurate and pleasingly written travel accounts of this period of American history" (Clark, Old South 2:137).