First publ. in this trade edition; published also in Philadelphia 1852 and in Washington 1853, as Senate ex. doc. no. 3, 32rd Congress, special session, March 1851, under title: Exploration and survey of the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah.
Report submitted to the U.S. Bureau of Topographical Engineers.
Plates signed Ackerman Lith.
Some of the plates tinted, maps are partially hand-colored.
Colophon: Stereotyped by L. Johnson & Co., Philadelphia.
Atlas maps have titles: Map of the Great Salt Lake and adjacent country in the territory of Utah : surveyed in 1849 and 1850 under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert / by Capt. Howard Stansbury ... ; drawn by Lieut. Gunnison and Charles Preuss [and] Map of a reconoissance between Fort Leavenworth on the Missouri River and the Great Salt Lake in the territory of Utah, made in 1849 and 1850 under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert.
Includes index.
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; pages [399]-414: Appendix E. Letter from Professor James Hall ... containing observations on the geology and paleontology of the country traversed by the expedition. Appendix F. Chemical analyses. Chemical analysis of the mineral waters and other specimens collected, by Dr. L.D. Gale."
SCNHRB has two copies, copy 2 lacking atlas.
SCNHRB c. 1 (39088016462236, 39088016462277) inscribed in ink on 1st front free endpaper: Prof. Spencer F. Baird from his friend the author Washington Jany 13, 1853.
SCNHRB c. 1 stamped in red at head of title and on 1st atlas map: S.F. Baird.
SCNHRB c. 1 has occasional penciled ms. note in Appendix E.
SCNHRB c. 1 stamped on t.p.: Library, U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution Mar 1 1882 [ms. acc. no.] 124674. Atlas has stamp on verso of map: Library U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution, Mar. 1, 1882 [ms. acc. no.] 124679.
SCNHRB c. 1 bound in publisher's red leather binding with elaborate gilt decorations, emblem of eagle in center cartouche, title in gilt on spine, gilt edges, decorative endpapers. Atlas half bound in red sheepskin and pebbled cloth, title in gilt on fornt cover, emblem with eagle in blind on back cover.
SCNHRB c. 2 (39088016462053) imperfect: lacking atlas.
SCNHRB c. 2 stamp on t.p.: Library U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution, May 27, 1890 [ink ms. no.] 136374.
SCNHRB c. 2 has pencilled ms. corrections to Appendix E.
SCNHRB c. 2 in dark blue buckram library binding, title in gilt on spine.