NARRATIVE OF THE CANADIAN RED RIVER EXPLORING EXPEDITION OF 1857; and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858.

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FIRST EDITION, 2 vols, 8vo, pp xx, 494; xvi, 472; half-titles, 20 chromolithographs, 3 coloured maps (2 folding, 1 full-page), 4 coloured profiles, many textual wood-cuts, contemporary light brown calf by Bickers, a handsome set. During this expedition Hind lived almost constantly amongst the Crees and Chippeways. The attractive coloured plates described as 'chromoxylographs' are in fact wood-engravings tinted from another engraved block in one, two or three tints. Margins are tinted yellow leaving a white border. Staton & Tremaine 3820; Sabin 31934; Abbey Travel 630. N° de ref. del artículo 10579

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