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WILKES EXPEDITION – CASSIN, John (1813-1869). United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N., Atlas. Mammalogy and Ornithology. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1858.
The very rare zoological atlas to the United States Exploring Expedition, one of only 150 copies printed of the unofficial, Lippincott issue. The scientific reports to the Wilkes Expedition took over 30 years to complete and the final print run was whittled down to only 100 ‘official’ sets and 150 ‘unofficial.’ Most copies of this issue have the second state of plate 42, but this copy has the first state with snow petrel perched on floating ice and a ship and large iceberg in the background. This atlas was issued in lieu of the unpublished atlas meant to accompany Titian Peale’s text volume on this subject from 1848. Peale’s atlas had been rejected and in 1852 Cassin agreed to rewrite the text and reconfigure the atlas, still using 32 of Peale’s plates. Many of the ornithological backgrounds show nesting habits and typical landscapes. Cf. Fine Bird Books 114; Ferguson 3954; Forbes 2240; cf. Haskell 29, 31; cf. Nissen ZBI 834; Rosove 355-2.A2; cf. Wood p.607; cf. Zimmer 675.
Atlas volume only. Folio (544 x 360mm). 53 engraved plates, all handcolored except the 3 black & white plates of dolphins, after Titian Ramsay Peale (32), G.G. White and others, by W.H. Dougal and others (closed marginal tear to wolves plate, some foxing to text leaves and scattered minor foxing and spotting to plates, tissue guards darkened and with some tears). Contemporary half morocco rebacked with old spine labels preserved (scuffed and rubbed, endpapers renewed). Provenance: Erich Horstköffer (bookplate) – Antiquariaat Junk.
The very rare zoological atlas to the United States Exploring Expedition, one of only 150 copies printed of the unofficial, Lippincott issue. The scientific reports to the Wilkes Expedition took over 30 years to complete and the final print run was whittled down to only 100 ‘official’ sets and 150 ‘unofficial.’ Most copies of this issue have the second state of plate 42, but this copy has the first state with snow petrel perched on floating ice and a ship and large iceberg in the background. This atlas was issued in lieu of the unpublished atlas meant to accompany Titian Peale’s text volume on this subject from 1848. Peale’s atlas had been rejected and in 1852 Cassin agreed to rewrite the text and reconfigure the atlas, still using 32 of Peale’s plates. Many of the ornithological backgrounds show nesting habits and typical landscapes. Cf. Fine Bird Books 114; Ferguson 3954; Forbes 2240; cf. Haskell 29, 31; cf. Nissen ZBI 834; Rosove 355-2.A2; cf. Wood p.607; cf. Zimmer 675.
Atlas volume only. Folio (544 x 360mm). 53 engraved plates, all handcolored except the 3 black & white plates of dolphins, after Titian Ramsay Peale (32), G.G. White and others, by W.H. Dougal and others (closed marginal tear to wolves plate, some foxing to text leaves and scattered minor foxing and spotting to plates, tissue guards darkened and with some tears). Contemporary half morocco rebacked with old spine labels preserved (scuffed and rubbed, endpapers renewed). Provenance: Erich Horstköffer (bookplate) – Antiquariaat Junk.