Item #56795 Mineral lands of the United States [drop title] (Report of a geological exploration of part of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois). David Dale Owen.
Mineral lands of the United States [drop title] (Report of a geological exploration of part of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois)

Mineral lands of the United States [drop title] (Report of a geological exploration of part of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois)

[Washington D.C. 1840]. 8vo, pp. 161, [1]; 27 plates, charts and maps, most folding, many colored, including one large colored map of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois showing the location of iron, copper and lead deposits; contemporary half black straight-grained morocco over marbled boards, gilt ruled spine; a separate pamphlet had previously been bound in and has been excised, splitting the upper hinge and leaving the inner spine bald for a half inch; some mild foxing to the text and plates, the large color map with a closed tear at gutter repaired and reinforced about two inches, not affecting impression. 26th Congress, 1st Session, House of Reps. Doc. No. 239. The first edition of Owen's geological survey of this region. It was followed by a Senate edition and a revised edition with 2 additional plates in 1844 titled Report of a Geological Exploration of Part of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois. "He received his commission Aug. 17, 1839, engaged and instructed his 139 assistants as to purposes and methods of procedure, and presented his report on Nov. 14 following 'a feat of generalship which has never been equaled in American geological history.' ... He was an artist... of the 25 plates in his report of 1840, fourteen are from his own drawings." (DAB). Sabin 58008 for the 1844 revision. Item #56795

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