Travels in the interior of America

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LSO ID: umlc000022.,Facsimile t.-p. has title : Travels in the interior of America in the years 1809, 1810, and 1811 : including a description of Upper Louisiana, together with the states of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee with the Illinois and Western Territories and containing remarkes and observations useful to person emigrating to those countries.,Appendices (p. [213]-364): Vocabulary of the Osage language.--Oration of the Big Elk.--Narrative of a journey [of Mr. Hunt] from the Aricara Nation to the Pacific Ocean [by Ramsay Crooks]--Missouri Territory, or the country of Upper Louisiana.--Remarks and observations useful to emigrants.--Catalogue of rare plants.--Letters on animalcula infusoria and on the physiology of plants [by John Bywater to the author]

Hortus sanitatis : [1 leaf]

Information about page: The typography of the page is a bold gothic, and the pages are unnumbered. The illustrations were done by an anonymous printer, but were done with the classic woodcut method. The illustrations feature three animals: a bull, horse and elephant.,Information about the book: Many books were published under this title, it was a generic name given to books about botany and medicine. There are also many editions of this book. This book contains medieval lore about the therapeutic properties of animals, vegetables and minerals.,Information about local copy: The page has slight staining around the corners, and some of the print bleeds through from the back of the page to the front.