(RAILROADS) Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain

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(RAILROADS.) Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Approximately 50 (of 51) folding maps and plans, 150 (of 152) colored views, 426 (of 428) natural history plates, plus 4 unlisted plates. 12 volumes in 13. Thick 4to, various bindings and conditions, some disbound or need binding. Mixed set, 33rd Congress, 2nd Session, Senate Ex. Doc. 78 and House Ex. Doc. 91. Washington, 1855-60

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Collected both for its attractive plates and important historical content. Including contributions by Jefferson Davis and George B. McClellan, who would soon gain greater fame on opposite sides in the Civil War. "A monumental collection of scientific information, geographical, zoological, botanical, geological, of the still mysterious American West"--Wagner-Camp, page 462. Howes P3; Wagner-Camp 262-267. Text leaves are uncollated but apparently complete.