416 pp. Illustrated with 43 plates, mostly lithograph views or Native American portraits, and including 14 botanical plates and 3 battle plans; separate large folding map (76x165 cm.) titled "Military Reconnaissance of the Arkansas Rio Del Norte and Rio Gila." (8vo), original brown cloth, paper spine label. Book and map housed together in a custom brown morocco and cloth drop-back box. Senate Executive No. 7, 30th Congress, 1st Session.
This is the second Senate issue of the book, with Emory's rank given as Brevet Major, and with slight changes in the spelling of the captions. However, it does include the large folding map, which Wagner-Camp does not call for with this issue. A superb study by topographical engineer and scientist Emory of the lands newly wrested from the Mexican government. As Wagner-Camp notes, "his report was a major contribution to the geographical knowledge of North America…the report includes sections on the plants and animals, as well as on the geology and the prehistoric town sites and other archaeological remains. Emory's descriptions of the various Indian tribes that he encountered were steps toward the newly-forming discipline -Anthropology- concerned with primitive man." Senate Executive No. 7, 30th Congress, 1st Session. Cowan p.195; Graff 1249; Howes E145; Wagner-Camp 148:2; Wheat Transmississippi 544; Zamorano Eighty 33.
Condition:
Light wear to cloth and spine label; some light foxing; map with some chipping at edges and splitting along folds. A near fine copy of the book, better than typically encountered; map very good; in a fine custom box.