[Pacific Survey] Report of explorations for a railroad route near the 32d parallel of North latitude.

Parke, John G., A.L. Heerman, et al.

Verlag: [GPO], Washington, 1859

Beschreibung

30 cm; 120 text pags, and 28 full-page hand-colored lithograph plates of birds.Disbound, offered as a collection of plates. Plates clean and unblemished with very few exceptions. Disbound, offered as a collection of plates. Includes all 28 bird plates from the 12-volume Pacific Railroad Survey. (The plates were originally distributed over the three Zoology volumes of the survey, but were collected here at an early date.) Also present is the complete text of "Report upon birds collected on the survey" by A.L. Heermann. The fine plates are not signed, but artists on the expedition included Thomas Sinclair, Amiel W. Whipple, A.O.P. Nicholson, John Cassin, and others. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6563

Bibliografische Details

Titel: [Pacific Survey] Report of explorations for ...

Verlag: [GPO], Washington

Erscheinungsdatum: 1859

Zustand: Acceptable