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DOMENECH ABBE EM. Seven Years Residence in the Great Deserts of North America.
London:, Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts,, 1860. First English edition. Frontis. with tissue guard, illus. with plates, many in color with tissue guards (listed in each volume), maps, large folding colored map of US & southern Canada showing Indian tribes, tables. 8 7/8 x 6. Red cloth with gilt spine title. Front hinge on Vol 1 weak, some shelf wear, gilt titles intact. Overall very good. Howes, USiana, D-410. Wheat Transmississippi West, 1003, Plains and Rockies IV:356:1. Graff 1121. Flake, A Mormon Bibliography, 2973. Sabin 20554. Paher , Nevada: An Annotated Bibliography, 487.Camp states that "the text is a lifeless compilation, and the map-routes designate traels described but not performed by the author." Despite almost universal derision regarding the quality accuracy of Domenech's work, it is still greatly sought after and difficult to locate.
Offered for US$ 550.00 by: Sun Mountain Books - Book number: 1525
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