REPORT OF AN EXPEDITION DOWN THE ZUNI AND COLORADO RIVERS
1854WRCAM38923Washington: Beverley Tucker 1854. 198pp. plus seventy-eight plates some tinted one folding and large folding map. Original blindstamped cloth. Slight wear at head of spine and corners. Six-inch closed tear in map in a blank section with no loss. Scattered foxing on plates. A very good copy. Second printing with the same collation plates and maps as the first printing of the previous year but with plates 10 11 14 and 16 re-engraved and the misnumbering of the reptile plates corrected. Sitgreaves and his party traversed the country from northern New Mexico to San Diego in the summer and fall of 1851 crossing northern Arizona and descending the Colorado to Yuma before crossing the desert. This report is notable for its many lithographic plates of scenes along the route as well as of flora and fauna and its large map. Of the latter Wheat remarks: "a monumental achievement.generally correct and exceedingly well done." Natural history specimens were described by John Torrey. WAGNER-CAMP 230:2. FIELD 1414. HOWES S521. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 763. TAXONOMIC LITERATURE VI p.403. MEISEL III p.134. REESE BEST OF THE WEST 130 ref. Beverley Tucker hardcover books
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