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Author: Newberry, John S.
Title: Reports on the Geology, Botany, and Zoology of Northern California and Oregon, Made to the War Department.
Place Published: Washington, D.C.
Publisher:[War Department]
Date Published: 1857
Description: 85, 102, 114, [1], iv pp. With numerous tinted lithographed views including frontispiece plus numerous other illustrations of shells, flora and fauna plus 2 hand-colored plates of birds. 27x21.5 cm (10¾x8½"), period quarter calf & marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt.Newberry was a botanist and geologist. The present volume consists of 293 pages with a special title page, comprising 3 parts from Vol. VI of the quarto edition of "Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean...1855" with a number of attractive tinted plates displaying various views of flora and fauna. We have observed another copy of this excerpt from Vol. VI that was inscribed by Newberry - apparently a small number were specially produced for Newberry's use.

Covers rubbed and worn, front detached, rear joint cracked; some toning and foxing within, a few stains, about very good.