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1810ST20849Paris: Chez Arthus-Bertrand 1810. First Edition in French. 205 x 128 mm. 8 x 5". xviii 443 1 pp.Translated into French by A. J. N. Lallemant. <br/> Contemporary flamed sheep covers with thick and thin gilt rule border smooth spine divided into panels by metope and pentaglyph roll panels either with rows of interlocking gilt circles or a gilt compass ornament two black morocco labels marbled endpapers. Folding engraved map by J. B. Tardieu. Wagner-Camp-Becker 6:3; Howes G-77; Sabin 26742; Graff Collection 1519; Wheat Trans-Mississippi 300. Very small loss to head of rear joint boards faintly abraded but the binding entirely solid and pleasing; a handful of leaves with small marginal tears or paper flaws one slightly larger but not affecting text approximately one-third of volume very mildly browned other trivial imperfections but still an excellent copy extremely clean and fresh internally.<br/> <br/> Issued three years after the original English text this is the initial printing in French—and the first in any foreign language—of an important firsthand account of the Lewis and Clark voyage of discovery written by a key figure both during and after the company’s undertaking; it is also and crucially the first edition to include a map of the expedition. Tardieu's map the first to mention the names Lewis and Clark noted important landmarks on the journey including the formidable Rocky Mountains the Columbia River and Fort Clatsop on the Pacific Coast where the expedition spent the winter of 1805-06. Our French edition also adds two letters of Clark not appearing in other editions of Gass—one to William Henry Harrison 2 April 1805 from Fort Mandan and one to Clark’s brother 23 September 1806 on the day the six-month return journey came to an end. Wheat observes that this work held special interest for the French as it provided much information about lands that had until the Louisiana Purchase been part of their domain. A carpenter by training Patrick Gass 1771-1870 was in charge of constructing winter accommodations for the party and his knowledge of building informs his observations here about forts and native architecture. This account was based on journals he kept during the explorations and it was an immediate success upon its first publication in Pittsburgh in 1807. The American public was hungry for information about the Western frontier and their curiosity was shared by Europeans particularly those considering emigration to the New World. Wagner-Camp observes that Gass "became one of the best-known members of the expedition for several reasons: his key role as sergeant brought his name up frequently in the journals of Lewis and Clark; his account was the first to be published; he was the first to have a biography written about him; and finally he outlived the other members of the Corps of Discovery by decades" dying at the age of 98. . Chez Arthus-Bertrand unknown
188473300Washington: Government Printing Office 1884. First edition. Octavo. 75 1 pp. plus folding map of the Lena Delta in Russia and four full page heliotypes. Original blue printed wrappers. Small piece missing from outer edge of front wrapper three small and excellent paper repairs to wrappers. A very good and very clean copy in the original wrappers.The heliotypes in this publication are particularly interesting as they show Russian soldiers guarding the graves of the Jeannette crew. The final photograph shows all the coffins loaded into a Russian train."In February 1882 Secretary Thompson had despatched naval lieutenants Giles Harber and William Schuetze to the delta to search for any traces of the lost explorers particularly of Chipp's party. They were unsuccessful but in November received orders from the secretary to supervise the return of the bodies of De Long and his comrades to the United States. Weather and bureaucracy delayed them for a year; finally in November 1883 the bodies were taken from Yakutsk by train to Moscow Berlin and finally Hamburg. Here they were placed on board the U.S. steamer Frisia which arrived in New York in February 1884. The funeral cortège was escorted by naval and military detachments to the Church of the Holy Trinity on Madison Avenue for a memorial service. Afterwards the bodies of Ambler Collins and Boyd were claimed for private burial; those of De Long and six others were taken to Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx and buried together there. In October 1890 a large monument to the expedition's dead was unveiled at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. Its design is based on the original cairn and cross raised at the burial site on the Lena Delta." Wiki [Government Printing Office] unknown
1872373132New York: Jules Bien 1872. First edition. Limited to 100 copies. 65 lithographed plates many folding preceded by 4pp. text. 4to. Original green cloth boards upper cover lettered in gilt rebacked endpapers renewed. Dampstaining. First edition. Limited to 100 copies. 65 lithographed plates many folding preceded by 4pp. text. 4to. This book was prepared to illustrate the work of the Hayden survey. It contains numerous panoramic illustrations many on folding sheets depicting sites in Wyoming Utah Colorado and Montana. This report contains the bulk of Henry Wood Elliott's art work for the Hayden Survey see preceding entry most of which was published nowhere else. These images are important because of their scientific contribution to several fields historical significance documentation of the Hayden expedition and their beauty and attention to detail. Elliott's illustrations were among the early images of many locations in the new territories of the West.<br /> <br /> From an edition of 100 copies issued in advance of the text. The Prefatory Note states p. 3: "A small edition of one hundred copies of the Profiles and Sections are issued in advance of the text for the purpose of placing them in the hands of the principal geologists in this country and in Europe. The first issue of two thousand copies in colors will be published with descriptions in about one year." We find no evidence that a subsequent edition in color was ever printed and it is stated of the present work in the Checklist of United States Public Documents 1789-1909 Washington: Government Printing Office 1909: "Originally intended to illustrate v. 4 of quarto series of reports but never thus used." <br /> <br /> The Hayden Survey was the most important of the four major government surveys of the American West undertaken after the Civil War the others being Powell King and Wheeler. Collectively these surveys filled in the map of the United States using accurate scientific methods to chart the land and investigate not only its geology but natural resources wildlife and plants as well. Schmeckebier Catalogue and Index of the Publications of the Hayden King Powell and Wheeler Surveys p. 32 #3 Jules Bien unknown
1854369733Palmas Panama 1854. 2pp. single 4to sheet. With: Carte-de-visite photograph of Mayo signed and inscribed to his sister on verso. Folds minor separations. 2pp. single 4to sheet. With: Carte-de-visite photograph of Mayo signed and inscribed to his sister on verso. Seeking a low-level train or canal route to bridge the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in late 1853 President Franklin Pierce ordered a U.S. Naval exploring expedition to participate in an international attempt affiliated with a venture by the Atlantic and Pacific Junction Company. Although ships from Great Britain New Grenada and the United States were involved the principle overland portion of the expedition through 40 miles of dense jungle would be led by Lieutenant Isaac G. Strain who had previously led exploring expeditions in Brazil Baja California and Chile. With a party of 27 officers and men and including the author of the present letter they entered the jungle on January 20 1854.<br /> <br /> Problems began almost immediately. While puting ashore a boat was swamped and a portion of the party's provisions lost. Next the route Strain had been tasked with following contained no gap in the cordillera as had been previously believed. Led through the jungle by several groups of indigenous people the promise of a few days hike turned into months of wandering in the jungle before being abandoned by the guides. Subsisting on plantains and bananas and drinking river water Stain divided his men with an advance party striking out to seek rescue. On March 9 forty-nine days after starting from Caledonia Bay Strain and his advance party reached Yavisa; it would be another nearly three weeks before the main body was rescued but not before at least five had died of starvation or disease. Sometimes compared with the trials of the crew of the Essex or the members of the Donner Party the men on the Darien expedition endured extreme harship and resorted to unspeakable things. <br /> <br /> This remarkable letter was written by one of the expedition's survivors shortly after his rescue and return to civilization. George Upshur Mayo 1834-1896 was born into a prominent family in Norfolk VA. He attended the Virginia Military Institute served as an assistant engineer on the Strain Expedition was involved in the United States Geodetic Survey and was later a major in the Confederate Army. Here he writes:<br /> <br /> "My dear father From this filthy native village where our party are brought by the officers of the war steamer Virago English whose officers rescued us from a most deplorable condition starvation misery & want for about 70 days without bread or meat living on roots & nuts from the trees. May the rescue be never forgotten & I thank & give praises to God for his goodness. We abandoned & buried 4 or 5 in the woods as unable to keep up. I suffered from the cusano a worm that gets in the flesh also from a very bad knee. Almost unable to travel 3 miles a day. Unfavorable reports reached the U.S. concerning us. We are safe & go to Panama when we get well. My mind is out of sorts by medicine & sickness & my hand too weak to write more legibly. Will write from Panama or Aspinwall a respectable letter there. We are 100 miles from Panama. Had the party 8 days provisions only in the woods yet nothing to shield us from wind & storm & no change of garments. The suffering was intense & the rescue came at the most dreadful & important for our safety. I with 3 others on the river bank washing at sundown when the canoes came in sight. Captain Strain had no pants or underdraws to protect him from the briars & vermin. God be praised for rescue. Love to Annie. . . . In all probability will meet the Cyane at Aspinwall."<br /> <br /> A remarkable first-hand account of a desperate struggle for survival. unknown
182146092(London, W.Bulmer and W. Nicol, 1821). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1821 - Part I. Pp. 164-190 a. 5 folded tables.
185546629Gotha, Julius Perthes, 1855-1874. 4to. Bound in 18 contemp. hcalf, some wear to the first 10 vols., some a bit rubbed. Some scattered brownspots to the first volumes. Gilt spines. Wear to top of spines. With a huge amount of original maps, plates, profiles etc., lithographed and engraved, large and folded and mainly in colour. This set does not include the ""Ergänzungsbände"".
1873184026Einsiedeln, New York und Cinncinnati, 1873. 423 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen Schwarz-Weiß- Illustrationen. Originalhalbleinen
182414481Bourg, Bottier ; in-8, broché ; 168 pp. ; Thomas Riboud : Essai sur l'étude de l'histoire des Pays composant le département de l'Ain, par la recherche et l'observation des Monuments militaires, expédition, travaux et ouvrages de défense ou d'attaque, dont il reste les vestiges ou des notices, 60 pp. (Le Duc, 105) ; (4) pp., couverture rouge-brique décorée.
1857000151London: J.B. Nichols and Sons 1857. Hardcover. See Description. Tall 4to. pp. viii 2 508. Volume XXVII. 12 plates including several in color and 2 folding maps one map is folded in six sections and backed with thin gauze or mull. B&W illustrations with the text. Pages are generally clean with a couple small marginal tears. Light brown cloth; re-backed preserving part of the original spine minus 25mm at the tail and 15mm at the top. Inner hinges neatly strengthened. Some rubbing and wear; corners bumped. Contents include: An accound of the discovery of Anglo-Saxon remains at Kemble in North Wilts; On choirs and chancels particularly as to their use in the South of Europe; Remarks on some early churches in France and Switzerland partly in the time of Charlemagne; The City of Cumae and the recent excavations there; An account of the investigation of some remarkable circular trenches and the discovery of an ancient British cemetery at Stanlake Oxon.; The Burning and burial of the dead.and many other articles. <br/> <br/> J.B. Nichols and Sons hardcover
186979541Braunschweig, Vieweg, 1869. VIII, 384 S. Mit zahlr., xylograph. Illustr. 3to (30 x 23). HLwd d. Zeit m. Rückenverg.
188488663Hamburg, Aug. Meyer & Dieckmann, ( 1884). 61, [3] S. Mit Kalendarium u. 2 Abb. auf Tafeln. 18 cm. OBrosch.
