Colorado & the West, Part II
RIVERRUN COLORADO & THE WEST, PART II A second portion of Western Americana from a private collection Riverrun Books & Manuscripts Ardsley, New York Number 8 RIVERRUN BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS 1. AGASSIZ, Louis. Synopsis of the Ichthyological Fauna of the Pacific slope of North America, chiefly from the collections made by the U. S. Expl. Exped. under the command of Capt. C. Wilkes, with recent Additions and Comparisons with Eastern Types. [New Haven]: American Journal of Science and Arts, 1855. $350 8vo. Title, 46 pages. Modern blue buckram, black leather lettering-piece on spine. A fine copy. Scarce offprint from the American Journal of Science and Arts, 2nd series, Vol. XIX. Agassiz revives the genera established by Rafinesque in his 'Ichthyologia Ohiensis' to analyze the natural relations of the representatives of fresh water fishes living on the western slope of North America. He examines specimens collected during Charles Wilkes's United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-42. Colorado & The West, Part II RIVERRUN BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS 2. BECHER, H. C. R. A Trip to Mexico, Being Notes of a Journey from Lake Erie to Lake Tezcuco and Back. Toronto: Willing and Williamson, 1880. SOLD 8vo (8.6 x 6 inches). vii, 183 pages. Map, one plate of hieroglyphics, and 20 mounted original photographs (many by Kilburn Brothers of Littleton, NH) with tissue guards. Original green gilt-decorated beveled cloth, top edges gilt. Front hinge cracked but holding, mounts slightly cockled, some plates age-toned. FIRST EDITION, with the full complement of 20 photographs (some of drawings or prints) found in few copies (most have 12 or 13), each mounted on card with printed caption.
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