Down The Great River; Embracing an Account of The Discovery of The True Source of The Mississippi, Together With Views, Descriptive and Pictorial, of The Cities, Towns, Villages and Scenery on the Banks of The River, as Seen uring a Canoe Voyage of Over Three Thousand Miles from Its head Waters to The Gulf of Mexico. Illustrated.

Down The Great River; Embracing an Account of The Discovery of The True Source of The Mississippi, Together With Views, Descriptive and Pictorial, of The Cities, Towns, Villages and Scenery on the Banks of The River, as Seen uring a Canoe Voyage of Over Three Thousand Miles from Its head Waters to The Gulf of Mexico. Illustrated. 1887. Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers.

12mo.(5" x 7.375") 443 pp. Modern binding of half tan leather with corners over marbled boards, double gilt rule to all leather edges. Spine with four raised bands, gilt title to black leather in the second compartment, large gilt device centered to all other compartments. All edges gilt. Refreshed endpapers, engraved portrait frontispiece, and 33 additional plates throughout text. A beautiful book.

"Down the Great River" is a travel and exploration narrative by Willard Glazier, published in 1887. The book recounts Glazier’s ambitious canoe journey down the entire length of the Mississippi River, spanning over 3,000 miles, from its headwaters in Minnesota to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico.