1802 · Philadelphia, (PA)
by MacKenzie, Sir Alexander
Philadelphia, (PA): Published by John Morgan (R. Carr, Printer), 1802. Second American edition (first issued the same year in New York; first published London, 1801). Thick 8vo. Two volumes bound as one: (6), viii, cxxvi, 113, (1); 115-392 pp. Large folding map; with the half title to volume one. SABIN 43415. HOWES M-133: "First crossing of the continent from ocean to ocean by a white man. The narrative portion was prepared for publication by William Combe from Mackenzie's notes. The account of the fur trade, the first ever published, is attributed to Roderick Mackenzie." Wagner-Camp-Becker 1:5 (after describing a one volume edition collating as here, (truncated)