Report of Explorations and Surveys … For a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made in 1854-5. Vol. VI: Report of Lieut. Henry L. Abbot on a Route from the Sacramento Valley to the Columbia River limitation)

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spine with five raised bands lettered in gilt in 2 compartments and with gilt panel lines

that was assembled and bound by herpetologist Walter Necker

over green marbled boards with matching green marbled endpapers

Date Published Estimated No Edition First edition Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Near fine Condition Description Light foxing to the endpapers only

Report of Explorations and Surveys … For a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made in 1854-5. Vol. VI: Report of Lieut. Henry L. Abbot on a Route from the Sacramento Valley to the Columbia River limitation)Pp. (8), 1 370, i xiii, 1 15, 1 14; 13 hand colored lithographs plates, 18 botanical plates and 10 fossil shells plates which are monochrome, with 8 folding maps & charts. Publishers original ornately blind stamped dark brown boards, with new black cloth spine, lettered in gilt, lg 4to. The volume contains a geological report, an examination of the fish, reptiles, and plants as well as longer reports on California birds and mammals. Various sections