SITGREAVES, Lorenzo.

Report of an Expedition Down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers.

Item #73062

SITGREAVES, Lorenzo. Report of an Expedition Down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers. Washington: Robert Armstrong, Public Printer, 1853. 198pp. 78 plates (one folding, some tinted), large folding map. Contemporary gilt-rule 3/4 morocco and marbled boards, gilt-decorated raised spine bands. Title page, trimmed (no loss to text), faint scattered, else very good. Howes S-521. Wheat Transmississippi 763. Field 1414. Wagner-Camp 230:1. Meisel III. p. 134. Sabin 81472. Graff 3809. Taxonomic Literature VI, p. 403. Sitgreaves and his party traversed the country from northern New Mexico to San Diego in the summer and fall of 1851, crossing northern Arizona and descending the Colorado to Yuma before crossing the desert. This report is notable for its many lithographed plates of scenes along the route, as well as flora and fauna. The natural history specimens are described by John Torrey. Wheat calls the map "a monumental achievement... generally correct and exceedingly well done."

Price: $1,500.00