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Washington.: A.O.P. Nicholson., 1855. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands, leather spine label, leather corners.. Good plus, covers worn and chipped, school library bookplate on pastedown, old owner’s ink name on ffep, scattered foxing, lacks one plate.. 29.8x23 cm. . Heavy book, weight: 4.6 lb. will require extra shipping. Hand-colored sepia folding panorama of Santiago, three folding maps, 9 (of 10) engraved plates, lacks the portrait called for at page 68.

Washington, D.C.: House of Representatives, A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer, 1856. First printings. Good. James Melville Gilliss (1811-1865) was an astronomer, United States naval officer and founder of the United States Naval Observatory In 1848 he obtained $5,000 from Congress for a naval astronomical expedition to Chile in order to more precisely measure the solar parallax He headed the expedition from August 1849 until his return in November 1852 The expedition successfully completed the planned astronomical observations and also made valuable observations of the earth's magnetic field, earthquakes, geography, politics and natural science The specimens of fauna and flora brought back from Chile formed the earliest part of the Smithsonian collection from Latin America The results of the expedition were published in as six-volume treatise The observatory and staff he left in Chile became the nucleus of Chile's astronomical program, previous to this there was no astronomical tradition in Chile Gilliss… Read More

Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, 1855. hardcover. very good(-). 556 pages. 4to, 1/2 brown calf, marbled boards; quite rubbed and with some repairs & reinforcements. Extensively illustrated with 7 lithographs (6 tinted, 1 hand colored) and 7 maps (3 folding but loose in front of book). The hand colored lithographic plate is a "Portrait of an Araucanian chief." One of the tinted lithographs is the nine panel folding plate (one section partially detached at a fold), "Panoramic view from Santa Lucia." Washington, D.C.: A.O.P. Nicholson Printers, 1855. First Edition. Very good(-).<br/><br/> This is Volume 1 of a 4 volume set covering the US Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere from 1849-1852. This volume deals with Chile.<br/><br/>

Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson. Very Good. 1855. Hardcover. 2 vols. Includes large full-color pull-out "Panoramic View from the Summit of Santa Lucia, Santiago". ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .

Gilliss, J.M., Lieut., Lieut. Archibald Macrae, [et al.]. THE U.S. NAVAL ASTRONOMICAL EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, DURING THE YEARS 1849-'50-'51-'52. [2 volumes] VOLUME I. CHILE: ITS GEOGRAPHY, CLIMATE, EARTHQUAKES, GOVERNMENT, SOCIAL CONDITION, MINERAL AND AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES, COMMERCE, &C., &C. [and], VOLUME II: REPORT OF JOURNEYS ACROSS THE ANDES AND PAMPAS OF THE ARGENTINE PROVINCES..BY LIEUT. ARCHIBALD MACRAE. 33d Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives. Ex. Doc. No. 121. Washington, A.O.P. Nicholson, 1855. New half morocco lettered in gilt on the spines with marbled paper over boards. New endpapers. xiii, [1], 556 pp., one folding color panorama, three of four folding maps, and ten full-page plates (1 color); ix, [2], 300 pp., one folding map, 35 full-page plates (18 color) and 11 woodcut text-figures. The color illustrations largely depict indigenous ornithological specimens and local antiquities, un-colored plates illustrate native reptiles, fishes, and fossils. Volume 1… Read More

Washington, DC: A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer, 1855. Moderately age discolored, tape stains on ffep/ffep verso/title page. Some wear down gutters, else clean and tight. All page edges are speckled. Brown leather spine and corners, decorative paper boards, Moderate wear to the spine and corners. 300pp., including index. Two Maps, 37 Full Page Plates, 15 Full-Color Plates.. First Edition. Quarter Leather, Marbled Bds. Good. Illus. by 2 Maps/37 Full Page Plates/15 Full-Color Plates. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.

Washington. : A.O.P. Nicholson, 1855.. 1st edition.. Contemporary half brown morocco over stippled cloth, raised bands, gilt decorations, marbled endpapers. . Front board detached on vol 2, ffep torn, covers shelfworn, contents very good. . 4to.. 15 colored plates of birds, 3 colored plates of Indian antiquities, a colored plate of an Indian, 9 plates of scenes (7 tinted), 17 zoological plates, 6 maps (4 folding), and a folding colored panoramic view 11 woodcuts

A.O.P. Nicholson, Washington, D.C., 1855. 11 1/2 X 9 3/8&#34; in red leather with gilt lettering on the spine. Very lightly soiled, a little rubbing at spine extremities, bottom corners very slightly bumped. Foxed. Volume II only. This 150 year old book is in really remarkable shape. It is tight and solid feeling. The plates - all 35 of them, are marvelous. Several are hand colored. There are also 2 maps and 11 woodcut illustrations. Most of the book is comprised of an amazingly detailed report on a journey &#34;across the Andes and Pampas of the Argentine Provinces.&#34; Included in the discussion are reports on Indian Antiquities, Chilean minerals, birds - shown in beautiful color plates- fish and other animals. Really a remarkable volume - and quite handsome. M/S/ENV. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, printer, 1855. First edition, 2 volumes only (of 4), 4to; engraved frontispiece, 50 hand-colored and plain plates, including 5 folding maps and panoramas; additional text illustrations in Vol. II; original brown pictorial cloth gilt, recased; some minor foxing, contemporary ownership signature at head of vol. II title page, else a very good, sound set. These two volumes devoted to Chile, the Andes, and the Pampas. Sabin 27419.

Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer, 1855. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Quarto. Illustrated with 13 plates: 6 topographical tinted lithographs, 1 folding tinted and hand-colored lithographic plate: "Panoramic view from the summit of Santa Lucia, Santiago", 3 folding engraved maps, 1 lithograph portrait of an Araucanian chief printed in multiple colors, and 2 additional maps. Complete. (A fourteenth plate listed in the contents: "Plan of the city of Valparaiso," was not issued in this copy). Contemporary blind-stamped publisher's cloth, with a gilt centerpiece on the front cover. Ex-library copy with spine letters, bookplate, and paper label on the rear free endpaper, else no other markings. Joints are partially split, light intermittent dampstaining in the margins, a good or better sound copy. The plates are very clean and bright.

1855. GILLISS, Lieutenant J.M. THE U.S. NAVAL ASTRONOMICAL EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, During the Years 1849-'50 -'51-'52. Washington, House of Representatives, printed by A.O.P. Nicholson, 1855. Two volumes, quarto. xvi,556pp. +14ff.; xii,300pp. +37ff. Volume I, subtitled "CHILE, Its Geography, Climate, Earthquakes, Government, Social Condition, Mineral and Agricultural Resources, Commerce, &c, &c." contains seven engraved maps (three of them folding) and seven lithographic plates. These include a large folding panorama with touches of hand-coloring, and a fine chromolithograph portrait of an Araucanian chief. This volume is a narrative of the expedition, with first-hand of the topics above, including earthquakes, floods, battles and an execution. Volume II, "THE ANDES AND THE PAMPAS: Minerals; Indian Remains; Mammals; Birds; Reptiles, Fishes and Crustacea; Shells; Dried Plants; Living Plants and Seeds; Fossil Mammals; Fossil Shells," contains contributions by Asa Gray, Thomas Ewbank,… Read More