Title: Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana in the Year 1852 Author: Marcy, Randolph B. Place: Washington Publisher: A.O.P. Nicholson Date: 1854 Description: xv, 286 pp. Illus. with 65 plates incl. 12 lithographed views; 10 engraved geological sections incl. 1 hand-colored & folding (numbered 1-11, no No. 2, as issued); 6 lithographed paleontology plates; 18 lithographed zoology plates; & 19 lithographed botany plates (numbed I-XX, no No. XVIII, as issued); 2 large folding maps bound into gilt and blindstamped brown cloth. 8¾x5½, original blindstamped brown cloth. First Edition, House Issue. "Contains authentic information regarding the peculiar customs of the Indians of the southern plains. Their mode of warfare, their invariable violation of the chastity of female prisoners, and the condition of their dwellings and villages, are particularly described" - Sabin. Wagner-Camp adds that "Marcy's report abounds in topographical and geographical detail." The two maps are Map of the Country Between the Frontiers of Arkansas and New Mexico... (quite large, approx. 59x27"), showing Marcy's route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe in 1849 and his return east in 1851 in addition to other explorer's routes, which Wheat calls important, and a smaller Map of the Territory Upon Upper Red River Explored in 1852. This copy complete with all plates issued, although as noted by Graff, "Geology Plate II was not published, nor was Plate XVIII of Botany." Graff 2675; Howes M276; Rader 2346; Sabin 44512; Wagner-Camp 226:1; Wheat Transmississippi 791. Lot Amendments Condition: Light shelf wear to cloth; larger map with several closed tears at folds, plus some small holes at folds; smaller map with a few small chips at edges; a few light rust stains left by paper clips at edges of a few lithographs; very good. Item number: 231341
Title: Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana in the Year 1852 Author: Marcy, Randolph B. Place: Washington Publisher: A.O.P. Nicholson Date: 1854 Description: xv, 286 pp. Illus. with 65 plates incl. 12 lithographed views; 10 engraved geological sections incl. 1 hand-colored & folding (numbered 1-11, no No. 2, as issued); 6 lithographed paleontology plates; 18 lithographed zoology plates; & 19 lithographed botany plates (numbed I-XX, no No. XVIII, as issued); 2 large folding maps bound into gilt and blindstamped brown cloth. 8¾x5½, original blindstamped brown cloth. First Edition, House Issue. "Contains authentic information regarding the peculiar customs of the Indians of the southern plains. Their mode of warfare, their invariable violation of the chastity of female prisoners, and the condition of their dwellings and villages, are particularly described" - Sabin. Wagner-Camp adds that "Marcy's report abounds in topographical and geographical detail." The two maps are Map of the Country Between the Frontiers of Arkansas and New Mexico... (quite large, approx. 59x27"), showing Marcy's route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe in 1849 and his return east in 1851 in addition to other explorer's routes, which Wheat calls important, and a smaller Map of the Territory Upon Upper Red River Explored in 1852. This copy complete with all plates issued, although as noted by Graff, "Geology Plate II was not published, nor was Plate XVIII of Botany." Graff 2675; Howes M276; Rader 2346; Sabin 44512; Wagner-Camp 226:1; Wheat Transmississippi 791. Lot Amendments Condition: Light shelf wear to cloth; larger map with several closed tears at folds, plus some small holes at folds; smaller map with a few small chips at edges; a few light rust stains left by paper clips at edges of a few lithographs; very good. Item number: 231341
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