Bartlett

1854 · réf. 13439 — New York: D. Appleton & Company 1854. First Edition. Very Good. In two volumes 8vo 8.75x5.75in; Vol. I - xxii fold out map General Map Showing the Countries Explored & Surveyed by the United States & Mexican Boundary Commission in the years 1850 51 52 & 53 Under the direction of John R. Bartlett U.S. Commissioner 506 pp. fold out lithograph Frontispiece of Fort Yuma 29 woodcuts in text and 3 on plates and 6 plates tinted lithograph illustrations Vol. II xvii 624 pp. fold out Lithograph Frontispiece of Ruins at Casas Grandes 33 woodcuts in text and 26 on plates and 10 plates tinted lithograph illustrations includes Tucson plate not listed appendices and index; Later binding of tan half calf-backed marbled covers with raised ribbed gilt lettered and decorative spine marbled end papers appears to have been rebound in early 1900's by the Rose Bindery Boston also appears to have a second rebinding with replaced marbled covers end papers and possible text block washing/repairs within last 50 years top edge gilt fore edge untrimmed; Minor shelf wear to edges and leather prior owner archival repairs and restorations to closed tears chips and reset page tears with a few minor alignment and loss of text on a number of pages in both volumes with some offset staining to other pages occasional small closed tears along edges occasional light age toning of pages with some spotting light soiling and spots to folding map closed tear repaired lacks advertisements. Cowan64 p.36 Wagner-Camp 234:1 Howes B201 Graff 198 Hill 74 Farquhar Colorado 17 Wheat Gold Regions Maps 252 Wheat Trans-Miss 798. John Russell Bartlett 1805-1886 a historian and linguist was appointed to oversee the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission to survey and establish the current boundary between the United States and Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and expanded with the Gadsden Purchase. The survey also determined the route of a southern railroad. Bartlett was also an artist and made illustrations of the southwest landscape. From Wagner-Camp ". Bartlett was a talented artist observer and reporter who contributed greatly to the knowledge of the geography and topography of the Southwest in his Personal Narrative. During three years with the Mexican Boundary Commission he traveled widely from central Texas to the Pacific Ocean and from Mazatlan to San Francisco. A contentious man and lacking perhaps certain administrative skills Bartlett succeeded in antagonizing most of his fellow-official on the Commission. Graff points out that "a number of incidents described by Bartlett have been differently interpreted by his associates. D. Appleton & Company books