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Title: Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-5....Volume VI Author: ** Place: Washington Publisher: A.O.P. Nicholson Date: 1857 Description: Illustrated with 50 lithographs (23 are in color, two of which are hand-colored); plus wood engravings within the text. 11½x8¾, period calf-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered morocco spine label. House Issue. Report on the routes explored in Northern California and Oregon, with a nice array of color lithographs. Includes tinted views of Upper Klamath, Mount Jefferson, Mount Shasta, Cascades, also many of the junipers and pines of the area, fishes, animals, and two hand-colored plates of birds. Wagner-Camp 264a. Lot Amendments Condition: Extremities rubbed; light foxing; else very good. Item number: 191261