Author

BARTLETT, John Russell.

Title

Personal narrative of explorations and incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuaha,
connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, during the years 1850, '51, '52, and '53.

Published, Date

Routledge, London,1854.

Description

First U.K. edition. 2 volumes, 8vo., xxii, 506; xviii, 624pp., folding map and 16 tinted lithographed plates, folding map with a few small holes, some marginal water-staining, occasional spotting or light foxing. Contemporary green polished calf, rebacked preserving spines.

Note

"John Russell Bartlett was a talented artist, observer, and reporter, who contributed greatly to the knowledge of the geography and topography of the southwest. During three years with the Mexican Boundary Commission, he traveled widely from central Texas to the Pacific Ocean, and from Mazatlan to San Francisco." (Wagner-Camp).

References

Wagner-Camp 234:2; Sabin 3746n.

Stock Number

83753