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A New Edition, Faithfully Reprinted from the only Authorized Edition of 1814, with Copius Critical Commentary, Prepared Upon Examination of Unpublished Official Archives and Many Sources of Information, Including a Diligent Study of the Original Manuscript Journals and Field Notebooks of the Explorers...by Elliott Coues. 4 vols. Illustrated with engraved portraits of Lewis & Clark; facsimiles of letters from each of them; 8 maps, 3 of them folding & loose in rear endpaper pocket of Vol. IV; 2 folding charts. 9¼x6, early 20th century half morocco & cloth, spines lettered in gilt. No. 376 of 1000 copies.

The most scholarly of the various editions of the work first published in 1814, with extensive footnotes and other amenities. There was also a large paper issue limited to 100 copies. Howes L317.