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  • SMET, PIERRE JEAN DE. 1801-1873.
    Jun. 25, 2013

    SMET, PIERRE JEAN DE. 1801-1873.

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    1. Missions de l'Oregon et voyages aux Montagnes Rocheuses. Ghent: Vander Schelden, [1848]. 12mo (173 x 102 mm). [2], ix, [9]-389 pp. Engraved title, 3 folding engraved maps, and 15 plates. Modern half-morocco. Toning to leaves, a few tiny edge-tears. FIRST FRENCH EDITION, prepared by the author, with more material than the English edition, and with differing plates and entirely new maps. Howes D286; Pilling 3625; Sabin 82265. 2. Another copy. Ghent: 1849. 12mo (189 x 100 mm). [2], vii-425 pp. Engraved title, 3 folding maps, plates. Modern half morocco, original wrappers bound in. Repairs to wrapper edges, leaves slightly toned. FIRST DUTCH EDITION. Howes D286; Sabin 82264. 3. Letters and Sketches with a Narrative of a Year's Residence among the Indian Tribes of the Rocky Mountains. Philadelphia: M. Fithian, 1843. 12mo (175 x 98 mm). 244, 12 pp. 11 (of 12) engraved plates. Period quarter morocco rebacked. Lacking frontispiece and folding allegorical plate, leaves and plates soiled throughout, edge-tears to leaves, large tear to engraved view of Rocky Mountains, title and a few plates repaired, boards rubbed. FIRST EDITION, second issue. Howes D283; Sabin 82262. With 3 others. Together, 6 volumes.

    Bonhams
  • SMET, PIERRE JEAN DE. 1801-1873.
    Jun. 25, 2013

    SMET, PIERRE JEAN DE. 1801-1873.

    Est: $500 - $800

    Oregon Missions and Travels over the Rocky Mountains in 1845-46. New York: Edward Dunigan, 1847. 8vo (168 x 100 mm). 408, [4] pp. Half-title. Additional engraved title, folding engraved map, and 13 engraved plates. Original brown cloth decorated in gilt and blind. Scattered foxing, a few pale spots to map, title and half-title toned, minor wear to extremities, spine a touch sunned. Provenance: Adare (ownership signature dated 1848). FIRST EDITION. Smet was a Jesuit missionary engaged with the Flathead tribe of the Rocky Mountains from 1840-43, and who ventured to Fort Vancouver, Oregon, in 1844. The last 4 pages feature translations of the Our Father into several Indian languages. Cowan calls this work "the best and most important of its kind." Cowan p 217; Howes D286; Sabin 82268.

    Bonhams
  • De Smet, Father Pierre-Jean. Life, Letters and
    Sep. 11, 2008

    De Smet, Father Pierre-Jean. Life, Letters and

    Est: $700 - $1,000

    De Smet, Father Pierre-Jean. Life, Letters and Travels of Father Pierre-Jean De Smet, S.J. 1801-1873... 4 volumes. Edited by Hiram Martin Chittenden and Alfred Talbot Richardson. Illustrated with plates from early engravings, prints and photographs; folding map loose in rear endpaper pocket of Vol. IV. 9¼x6, original green cloth, spines lettered in gilt. First Edition. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1905 Important history of this Jesuit priest who had such a profound influence during the early days of the opening of the West. Tweney calls the work "both authoritative and indispensable" and relates that De Smet "travelled assiduously, wrote voluminously, and treated the Indians with sympathy and understanding...On numerous occasions he acted as chief negotiator between the Indians and the government, and he was influential in the formation of what eventually became the national Indian policy." Tweney 8. Covers lightly rubbed, a few corners bumped; former owner's ink signature on pastedowns, offsetting to endpapers; else unopened and near fine.

    PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
  • DE SMET, FATHER PIERRE-JEAN
    Oct. 30, 2007

    DE SMET, FATHER PIERRE-JEAN

    Est: $700 - $900

    DE SMET, FATHER PIERRE-JEAN Life, Letters and Travels of Father Pierre-Jean De Smet, S. J., 1801-1873. By Hiram Martin Chittenden and Alfred Talbot Richardson. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1905 4 vols., complete. 8vo., green cloth, deckled edges. First edition. With several illustrations throughout, and a foldout map of Father De Smet's travels to rear of vol. 4. Unopened leaves; light wear to edges of boards and backstrip; blindstamp of previous owner to f.f.e.p. of each vol.; otherwise a sound set.

    Hindman
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