Diary of a journey from the Mississippi
to the coasts of the Pacific with a United States Government Expedition.
Stock Code 86612
London, Longman, Brown, Green, Roberts, 1858
Original price
$3,121.00
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Original price
$3,121.00
Original price
$3,121.00
$3,121.00
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$3,121.00
Current price
$3,121.00
A beautiful copy, finely bound.
Mollhausen was the artist and topographer accompanying the party led by Lieutenant Amiel Weekes Whipple in the Pacific Railroad Survey Exploration of the thirty-fifth parallel in 1853. This account is generally considered to be more interesting than the officially published accounts.
First English edition. 2 volumes, 8vo, xxxi, 352; xi, 397pp., translated by Mrs Percy Sinnett with an introduction by Alexander von Humboldt, folding map, 11 chromolithographed plates, some captions cropped, 12 woodcuts, bound as an Eton College leaving present in contemporary tan calf gilt, spines in six compartments, red and green labels to second and third, others richly gilt, raised bands, small repair to foot of spine, a fine set.
Mollhausen was the artist and topographer accompanying the party led by Lieutenant Amiel Weekes Whipple in the Pacific Railroad Survey Exploration of the thirty-fifth parallel in 1853. This account is generally considered to be more interesting than the officially published accounts.
First English edition. 2 volumes, 8vo, xxxi, 352; xi, 397pp., translated by Mrs Percy Sinnett with an introduction by Alexander von Humboldt, folding map, 11 chromolithographed plates, some captions cropped, 12 woodcuts, bound as an Eton College leaving present in contemporary tan calf gilt, spines in six compartments, red and green labels to second and third, others richly gilt, raised bands, small repair to foot of spine, a fine set.
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