Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852

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Lot #199Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852

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Title:

Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852

Author:

Marcy, Randolph B.

Place Published:

Washington

Publisher:

Robert Armstrong

Date Published:

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.

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#:

207594

Headline:

Red River of Louisiana Senate doc. 1853
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