LUNDY, Benjamin (1789-1839)
The Life, Travels and Opinions of Benjamin Lundy, including his journeys to Texas and Mexico; with a sketch of cotemporary [sic] events, and a notice of the revolution in Hayti. Philadelphia: William D. Parrish, 1847. 8vo (187 x 113 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved hand-colored folding map. (Some spotting or offsetting as usual, short pencil notations on verso of map.) Modern cloth (lettered portion of original spine laid in.) FIRST EDITION, "embodying first-hand information relative to the republic in the earliest stages of its settlement by the Americans. The text is from Lundy's manuscript, and includes: 'Narrative of a trip to Texas in 1830; Journey to new Orleans and Texas in 1833; Journey from Brazoria to Austin; Tours of Observation through San Antonio, Bexar, Monclova, via the Rio Grande and Santa Rosa; From Laredo to San Patricia and Arkansas Bay; Journey to the Matamoras and residence there" (Eberstadt). Eberstadt 123:123; Howes E-10; Sabin 42693.
