424 



■secured according to laic] \ Pittsburgh, \ printedhy Zadok Cramer, \for 



David JlFKeeJian, PuMisher and \ proprietor 1807. | 



One vol., 12mo, pp. i-viii, 9-262. {No illustrations.) 



There appears to have been another Pittsburgh edition, in 8vo, proba- 

 bly of 1808; the one from which a London edition was reprinted. The 

 title as given by Field differs only from that of the 12mo, 1807, in the 

 punctuation. Field describes it as ''8vo. pp. 381. Pittsburgh, i)rinted 

 for David McKeehan ; London, reprinted for J. Budd, 1808." 



The next edition I know of appeared in Philadelphia, in 1810, as fol- 

 lows : — 



[1810.] A I Jour7ial | of the \ Voyages and Travels \ of a Corps of Dis- 

 covery, I under the command of Capt. Leicis and Capt. \ Clarice of 

 the Army of the United States, | from \ the mouth of the River Missouri 

 through the \ interior parts of North America, \ to the Pacific Ocean, \ 

 During the Years 1804, 1805 and 1806. | Containing \ an authentic rela- 

 tion of the most interesting transac- \ tions during the expedition, — A de- 

 scription of I the country, — And. anaccount of its inhabi- \ tants, soil, cli- 

 mate, curiosities, and ve- \ getahle and animal productions. \ — | By 

 Patrick Gass, \ one of the persons employed in the expedition. \ — | 

 With I geographical and explanatory notes. \ — | [Copy-Right secured ac- 

 cording to Laic] I — I Philadelphia : \ Printed for Mathew Carey, \ 

 No. 122, Marlcet-street. \ — \ 1810. 



One vol., 12mo, pp. i-viii, 9-202, iHth Q full-page tcood cc. 



The title of this edition is substantially the same as that of the fore- 

 going, though the arrangement of the title page is quite different, as 

 shown by the bars in the preceding paragraphs. The pagination is 

 identical, and, in fact, the edition, as far as the text is concerned, is a 

 mere reissue, probably from the same plates, of the Pittsburgh ]2mo of 

 1807; though the typography of pp. 9 and 11 is different. To this 

 edition, however, are added six full-page wood-cuts, in which the figures 

 of men, trees, and animals are notable rather for the mathematical reg- 

 ularity of their lines than for any approach to " curves of beauty." 



This edition is said to bave been re-issued at Philadelphia in ]2mo, 

 1812. I have seen no copy bearing this date. The title, as quoted by 

 Field, is substantially identical ; the illustrations are continued. This 

 is spoken of -as the "fourth" edition ; but if tiie London 8vo reprint 

 of the Pittsburgh 8vo, 181)8, be counted as one, then the Philadelphia 

 12mo of 1812 is at least the fifth, if not the sixth. 



Before proceeding to the consideration of the regular authentic edi- 

 tions, I should notice a French version of a " Lewis and Clarke," known 

 to me only by title, the date of which is given as 1810. Not having 

 seen this book, I cannot say whether it is a version of the apocrypha or 

 of the concordance. The major i>art of the title reads like the apocry- 

 pha, but the rest is more like Gass's Journal, of which, I suppose, this is 

 a version. The title, as given by Qaerard, is as follows : — 



[1810.J " Voyages des capitaines Lewis et Clarke, depuis Vemhouchure du 

 Missouri jnsqii'a Ventree de la Colombia, dans V Ocean Pacifique, fait 

 dans les annees 1805-06, par ordre du gouvernement des Etats- Unis, con- 

 tenant le Journal des evenements les plus remarquahles du voyage, la de- 



