Item #78885 Diary of a Journey from the Mississippi to the Coasts of the Pacific. Heinrich Baldwin MOLLHAUSEN.

Diary of a Journey from the Mississippi to the Coasts of the Pacific

Item #78885

MOLLHAUSEN, Heinrich Baldwin. Diary of a Journey from the Mississippi to the Coasts of the Pacific of the Pacific with a United States Government Expedition....London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858. 1st English ed. 2 Vols. xxx, [2], 352;x, [2], 397, [2]pp. plus eighteen plates (seven chromolithographs) including frontises., and folding map. Four illustrations in text. Contemporary doubled gilt-ruled polished calf, spines elaborate gilt, red and green morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, gilt -chamfered edges, all edges marbled. Tiny chip to one label, else very good. Goetzmann, Army Exploration, p. 310. Graff 2849. Field 1080 Mintz 582. Sabin 49915. Wheat Gold Regions 268. Howes M-713. Abbey 661. Wagner-Camp 305:2. Streeter Sale 3134. Wheat Transmississippi 956. Reese, Best of the West 151. The first English edition, translated by Mrs. Percy Sinnet, with an introduction by Alexander von Humboldt. One of the most important accounts of the American West. "...One of the best travel books of [the] age" - Goetzmann. Mollhausen accompanies Whipple's expedition to survey a route to the Pacific, serving as the party's naturalist and artist. The text is devoted largely to excellent descriptions of Indian life and aboriginal antiquities, with additional material on the expeditions of Col. Fremont. The handsome chromolithographed plates depict the landscape and natives of the areas traversed. The map illustrates the route of the party from Fort Smith up the Canadian River, across northern Arizona and New Mexico to Los Angeles. "The map is beautifully drawn and engraved.... It is a highly important and decorative map" - Wheat.

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