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12 volumes, entitled Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economic Route For a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of War..., from 1855-60, Beverley Tucker and other Washington D.C. printers, all 4to volumes, various lengths, rebound in black buckram with gilt spine lettering. This series of government reports is filled throughout with wonderful lithographed maps and plates, many hand-colored including mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, insects, plants, fossils, geology, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Native Americans, and more. Many of the plates and maps are fold-outs.

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