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[2], 363 pp.; errata leaf. Illustrated with 10 color lithographed plates; 4 folding maps. 22.4x14.5 cm. (9x5½"), modern full calf, spine tooled in gilt, new endpapers. First Edition.

Detailed report with a spectacular series of lithographed plates, and four important maps. Wagner-Camp describes the work, "Captain Mullan's report with an itinerary comprises pages 1-84 and is followed by the engineers' reports and other meteorological and astronomical data. It covers the period from March 1858 to September 1862." Wheat goes into much detail in the maps and the road-building expedition, noting this work as a "comprehensive, highly interesting 363-page report, accompanied by four elaborate maps, all of which require to be described... The Mullan Trail was unquestionably the most famous road ever constructed in the high Northwest..." Graff 2932; Howes M884; Sabin 51275; Tweney 56; Wagner-Camp 393; Wheat Transmississippi Vol. 5, pp.85-95, maps 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080.