Author: Stansbury, H.
Title: An Expedition to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah:
Description: including a description of its geography, natural history and minerals and an analysis of its waters with an authentic account of the Mormon Settlement... also a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains... Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1855. 487p. one lithographed frontisp. and 56 lithographs of which many are tinted. Orig. cloth. = Sabin 90370. Enlarged second edition incl. the important Appendices on zoology (reptiles and insects) and botany. Some light waterstaining throughout, one folding plate repaired and the paper a bit wavy. Contains the large folding panoramic view of the Great Salt Lake and 8 plates on herpetology and 9 plates on plants. The maps mentioned on thetitle page are not included.

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