Exploration and survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah
Subtitle: including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains
By: By Howard Stansbury, Captain Corps Topographical Engineers, U.S. Army.  Printed by order of the Senate of the United States
Contributors: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887; Girard, Charles, 1822-1895; Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880; Torrey, John, 1796-1873; Hall, James, 1811-1898; United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers
Series: Senate ex. doc. / 32d Congress, special session, Senate -- no. 3; Senate executive document (United States. Congress. Senate) -- 32d Congress, special session, no.3.
Publisher: Lippincott, Gramabo & Co.
Published: 1852
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 487
Notes: Includes index.

Published also in 1852, 1853, and in 1855 under title: An expedition to the valley of the Great Salt Lake.

"Appendix C. Zoology.  Quadrupeds and birds / by Prof. Spencer R. Baird": p. <305>-379.

"Appendix D. Botany.  Catalogue of plants collected by the expedition / by Professor John Torrey": p. <381>-397.

"Appendix E.  Letter from Professor James Hall ... containing observations on the geology and paleontology of the country traversed by the expedition": p. <399>-414.

Maps bound separately: Map of the Great Salt Lake, and adjacent country.  Map of the reconnoissance of the country between the Valley of the Great Salt Lake and the Missouri River, at Fort Leavenworth.

Flake, C.J. Mormon bib. 8359.

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Americana/Rare copy 1: Plates primarily in black and white, with some in sepia and others in color.  Bound in blind stamped purple cloth; maps in blind stamped blue cloth; gilt stamped title.

Americana/Rare copy 2: Sepia toned plates, some in color; plate opposite p. 169 has the fire hand colored.  Bound in blind stamped purple cloth; map in blue blind stamped cloth; gilt stamped title.