(History, Geology, USA: 2 large folding maps): Report of a Geological Reconnoissance made in 1835, from the Seat of Government, by the way of Green Bay and the Wisconsin Territory, to the Coteau de Prairie de Featherstonhaugh, G.W. (George William) - 1836

Washington (DC): Gales and Seaton (by order of the Senate), 1836. Rebound 9 inch 8 vo., with gilt lettered leather spine and marbeled boards, new endpapers, 168 pp including index, with complete 4 pp of plates bound after p. 160, and the two, very large folding maps bound at the rear. The text is quite clean, with very little browning and full margins. The maps are in excellent condition (A Reconnoissance of the Minnay Sotor Watapàh or St Peter's River to its sources..; A Map of a Portion of the Indian Country lying East and West of the Mississippi River..). There are a couple of short tears at the binders stubs, but it is very uncommon to see both the large maps present, let alone in this condition. Featherstonhaugh was the first geologist hired by the US government, so this has some significance. Ref. Sabin 23963. Featherstonhaugh also published " A Canoe Voyage Up the Minnay Sotor.." in 1847, and he is the subject of Edmund Berkeley's 1988 biography, published by the Univ. of Alabama Press. OCLC shows quite a number of copies owned worldwide, although it is not clear how many of those have the full complement of maps, or in what condition.. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good.