WILKES EXPEDITION – GRAY, Asa (1810-1888), ed. United States Exploring Expedition during the Years 1838 [-] 1842, Under the Command of Charles Wilkes U.S.N. Vol. XVII. Botany . Philadelphia: C. Sherman, 1874. One of only about 75 copies of the official Congressional printing of the first edition. With contributions by William Sullivant, Edward Tuckerman, Jacob Bailey, William H. Harvey, M.A. Curtis, M.J. Berkeley, and John Torrey. The intended atlas volume was never published but the plates appeared variously in other publications. Although the Wilkes Expedition returned in 1842 and Asa Gray was not delinquent in preparing the manuscripts, the scientific reports in general were severely delayed first by politicking and budget concerns and then by the Civil War. This is the only the second copy that we locate in the auction records of ABPC or RBH. Haskell 68; Forbes 3068; Rosove 354-12.A1. Quarto (310 x 233mm). Original full green morocco stamped in gilt and blind, covers with U.S. coat of arms, all edges gilt (foot of spine repaired, some light wear and repair to edges). Provenance : Bonhams New York, 6 April 2009, lot 3159 – Donald A. Heald Rare Books.
WILKES EXPEDITION – GRAY, Asa (1810-1888), ed. United States Exploring Expedition during the Years 1838 [-] 1842, Under the Command of Charles Wilkes U.S.N. Vol. XVII. Botany . Philadelphia: C. Sherman, 1874. One of only about 75 copies of the official Congressional printing of the first edition. With contributions by William Sullivant, Edward Tuckerman, Jacob Bailey, William H. Harvey, M.A. Curtis, M.J. Berkeley, and John Torrey. The intended atlas volume was never published but the plates appeared variously in other publications. Although the Wilkes Expedition returned in 1842 and Asa Gray was not delinquent in preparing the manuscripts, the scientific reports in general were severely delayed first by politicking and budget concerns and then by the Civil War. This is the only the second copy that we locate in the auction records of ABPC or RBH. Haskell 68; Forbes 3068; Rosove 354-12.A1. Quarto (310 x 233mm). Original full green morocco stamped in gilt and blind, covers with U.S. coat of arms, all edges gilt (foot of spine repaired, some light wear and repair to edges). Provenance : Bonhams New York, 6 April 2009, lot 3159 – Donald A. Heald Rare Books.
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