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Two volumes. [iii]-xxx,[2],352; x,[2],397,[1]pp., including in-text illustrations, plus nineteen total plates (including two frontispieces), seven of which are chromolithographs and four of which are tinted. Folding map. Modern brown crushed morocco, spines gilt, a.e.g. Half title in first volume remargined in the gutter. Tiny library stamp on verso of titlepage and page 51 of the first volume, and to the verso of the half title and page 51 of the second volume. Some faint staining in the edges of the earliest leaves in the first volume, and final three leaves of second volume. Overall very good. The first English edition, translated by Mrs. Percy Sinnet, with an introduction by Alexander von Humboldt, of one of the most important accounts of the American West. ".One of the best travel books of [the] age" - Goetzmann. Möllhausen accompanied Whipple's expedition to survey a route to the Pacific, serving as the party's naturalist and artist. The text is devoted largely to excellent descriptions of Indian life and aboriginal antiquities, with additional material on the expeditions of Col. Fremont. The handsome chromolithographed plates depict the landscape and natives of the areas traversed. The map illustrates the route of the party from Fort Smith up the Canadian River, across northern Arizona and New Mexico to Los Angeles. "The map is beautifully drawn and engraved.It is a highly important and decorative map" - Wheat. The Streeter copy sold to Sessler for $275 in 1969. Goetzmann, ARMY EXPLORATION, p.310. GRAFF 2849. FIELD 1080 MINTZ 582. SABIN 49915. WHEAT GOLD REGIONS 268. HOWES M713. ABBEY 661. WAGNER-CAMP 305:2. STREETER SALE 3134. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 956. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 151 (note). Seller Inventory # WRCAM49701
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Publication Date: 1858
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