Title: Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852 Author: Marcy, Randolph B. Place: Washington Publisher: Robert Armstrong Date: 1853 Description: 31, xv, 320 pp. 12 lithograph views, 1 folding hand-colored geological section, 8 (of 9) plates of geological sections, 6 paleontology plates, 17 (of 18) zoology plates, 19 botany plates, 2 large folding maps at rear. 9x5½, sheep. Per Howes, the botanical plate XVIII was not issued, thus explaining that while the plates are numbered to XX, there are only 19. Howes M276. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers detached, spine chipped; one rear map detached but present, one small chip at gutter edge of one map; scattered foxing; very good. Item number: 207594
Title: Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852 Author: Marcy, Randolph B. Place: Washington Publisher: Robert Armstrong Date: 1853 Description: 31, xv, 320 pp. 12 lithograph views, 1 folding hand-colored geological section, 8 (of 9) plates of geological sections, 6 paleontology plates, 17 (of 18) zoology plates, 19 botany plates, 2 large folding maps at rear. 9x5½, sheep. Per Howes, the botanical plate XVIII was not issued, thus explaining that while the plates are numbered to XX, there are only 19. Howes M276. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers detached, spine chipped; one rear map detached but present, one small chip at gutter edge of one map; scattered foxing; very good. Item number: 207594
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