NOTES OF A MILITARY RECONNOISSANCE, FROM FORT LEAVENWORTH, IN MISSOURI, TO SAN DIEGO, IN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING PART OF THE ARKANSAS, DEL NORTE, AND GILA RIVERS.

Washington: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848. 30th Cong., 1st Sess. SED7. 416pp, in original boards with chipped paper spine label. Three maps [of four, lacking the large folding map]. All 40 plates present [a couple of the botanical plates crudely hand-colored]. Scattered foxing, Good+. With inscription of Senator Raymond Baldwin.

This document includes the reports of Lieutenant Abert and Philip St. George Cooke. The maps include the Sketch of the Actions Fought at San Pasqual; Sketch of the Rio San Gabriel; and Sketch of the Battle of Los Angeles.
FIRST EDITION. Wagner-Camp 148:1. Howes E145. Item #26822

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