Report of the Exploring Expedition from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the Junction of the Grand and Green Rivers of the Great Colorado of the West, in 1859...with Geological Report by Prof. J.S. Newberry, Geologist of the Expedition

Book Description

Washington Government Printing Office 1876 Hardcover First edition 152pp. Quarto [30 cm] Original dark brown cloth with gilt title to backstrip. The volume has been rebacked to match the original. Near fine. Corners have been repaired with matching cloth. Name and date in ink on front free endsheet. A bookplate has been discreetly removed from the front pastedown. All plates present and in clean and crisp condition. With eleven color lithographic plates of scenery, three black and white landscape plates, eight black and white fossil plates (all with tissue guards). Large folding map present at rear, and in very clean condition. Unusual in this condition. This publication is considered by many to be a geographical continuation of the Ives report, although the gap of the Grand Canyon is not filled in. Newberry was the geologist for both expeditions. According to Farquhar, "The Lithograph of Shiprock is one of the most pleasing of the scenic views made in that epoch". Originally scheduled to be printed in 1861, the Civil War delayed the publication for fifteen years. Howes M178. Farquhar 23. Wheat 983. Moffat 61.

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