[AMERICAN EXPLORATION]. SCHOOLCRAFT, Henry R. (1793-1864). Narrative Journal of Travels Through the Northwestern Regions of the United States Extending from Detroit Through the Great Chain of American Lakes… Albany: E. & E. Hosford, 1821. 8vo. Illustrated with engraved title-page, 7 engraved plates (2 are hand-colored) and hand-colored folding map. 419, [1, blank], [4, General Index] pp. Bound in nineteenth-century full brown calf, boards ruled and paneled in gilt and blind, spine decoratively tooled and ruled in gilt, brown gilt morocco lettering label, gilt board edges and turn-ins, brown endleaves (joints repaired, some wear to binding, hinges reinforced, some foxing to endleaves, text foxed, plates toned, map with large tear and tape residue on tear). Very good. Housed in modern quarter cloth clamshell case. FIRST EDITION OF SCHOOLCRAFT’S ACCOUNT OF HIS EXPLORATION OF THE GREAT LAKES. Howes S186. Sabin 77862.