IRVING (Washington)
Astoria, or anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains.
First state of both volumes.
Compiled with his nephew’s help from the journals of: Robert Stuart, Wilson Price Hunt, and Ramsay Crooks, amongst others. John Jacob Astor was Washington Irving’s patron, and as such, he undertook this commission to describe his endeavours.
Howes I81; Wagner-Camp 61:1; Field 760.