Author:

Stansbury, Howard 1806-1863  Search this

Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887  Search this

Girard, Charles 1822-1895  Search this

Haldeman, Samuel Stehman 1812-1880  Search this

Torrey, John 1796-1873  Search this

Hall, James 1811-1898  Search this

Gale, Leonard D (Leonard Dunnell) 1800-1883  Search this

United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers  Search this

Lithographer:

Ackerman, James 1815 or 1816-1864  Search this

Donor:

Lubrecht, Harry 1908-1997 DSI  Search this

Former owner:

Pearce, Jay Alfred DSI  Search this

Wroth, Edward W. DSI  Search this

Physical description:

487 pages, [57] leaves of plates (4 folded) : illustrations (lithographs), map ; 24 cm + 1 atlas (2 folded maps ; 26 cm)

Type:

Books

Place:

Utah

West (U.S.)

Great Salt Lake (Utah)

United States

Date:

1852

Notes:

This issue without "Printed by order of the Senate of the United States" on title page.

First edition, from Howes, U.S.iana.

Published also, London and Philadelphia, 1852, under title: An expedition to the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah ...

Pages [307]-379: Appendix C. Zoology. Quadrupeds and birds / by Prof. Spencer F. Baird. Reptiles / by Prof. Baird and Chas. Girard. Insects / by Prof. Haldemann; pages [381]-397: Appendix D. Botany. Catalogue of plants collected by the expedition / by Professor John Torrey; pages [399]-414: Appendix E. Letter from Professor James Hall ... containing observations on the geology and palaeontology of the country traversed by the expedition ....

Plates signed: Ackerman Lith.

Includes index.

Howes, W. U.S.iana, 1650-1950 (1962 edition), S 884

SCNHRB copy (39088016462194) lacking atlas of maps.

SCNHRB copy has ink inscriptions on front paste-down: to D.P. Wroth[?] from his friend; signed Jay Alfred Pearce Chestertown Maryland [and] For Edward W. Wroth from his affectionate father P. Wroth.

SCNHRB copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries: gift of Harry Lubrecht.

SCNHRB copy in original purple cloth publisher's binding, blind-stamped emblem of eagle on covers, title in gilt on spine.

Contents:

Appendix C. Zoology. Quadrupeds and birds, by Prof. Spencer F. Baird. Reptiles, by Prof. Baird and Chas. Girard. Insects, by Prof. Haldemann -- Appendix D. Botany. Catalogue of plants collected by the expedition. By Professor John Torrey -- Appendix E. Letter from Professor James Hall, of New York, containing observations on the geology and palæontology of the country traversed by the expedition, and notes upon some of the fossils collected on the route -- Appendix F. Letter from L.D. Gale, with a chemical analysis of the water of the Great Salt Lake, and other mineral waters and saline substances, collected during the journey -- Appendix G. Meteorological observations

Topic:

Natural history  Search this

Discoveries in geography--American  Search this

Discovery and exploration  Search this

Description and travel  Search this

Call number:

F826 .S792 1852b

F826.U51

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_61307