(PACIFIC RAILROAD SURVEYS) Reports of Explorations and Surve

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Sale 2689 - Lot 182

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(PACIFIC RAILROAD SURVEYS.) Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Profusion of maps and charts, color-tinted views and natural history plates (all birds hand-colored). 12 volumes in 13. 4to, 11½x9 inches, contemporary plain cloth with gilt roan spine labels, lightly worn and stained, joints shaken, stressed, and occasionally separated; moderate foxing and offset, a few plates sprung loose, large fold-out maps with scattered tears. Senate issues save for volume 12 part 1. Washington, D.C., 1855-1860

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"A monumental collection of scientific information, geographical, zoological, botanical, geological, of the still mysterious American West"--Wagner-Camp, page 462.

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