Carvalho, Solomon Nunes. Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West with Col. Fremont’s Last Expedition

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $650

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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

printer

Derby & Jackson

Place

New York

Publication

1857

Description

Frontispiece engraving of Col. Fremont and the author taking astronomical obsevations

summary

The author, a Sephardic Orthodox Jew, was the first government-appointed artist/photographer. Here, he relates his experiences accompanying Fremont’s celebrated expedition across the Rockies.

Contemporary boards. 8vo

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