[Rarebooks] fs: Astronomical trip to South America, 1849-52!!

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

"THE U.S. NAVAL ASTRONOMICAL EXPEDITION
TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE,
DURING THE YEARS 1849-'50-'51-'52"

by Lt. J.M. Gilliss
Washington; A.O.P. Nicholson: 1855.

The purpose of this expedition, as the title suggests, was to take
observations of Mars and Venus, but just as important was the
extensive exploration the party performed in the cities and
countrysides of Chile and Argentina. Gilliss includes notes on
the geography, climate, government, society, mineral and
agricultural resources, and flora and fauna of the area, and
these beautifully and copiously illustrated volumes include
15 spectacular ornithological plates as well as a rather
extraordinary 69 inch folding, partly-colored panorama of
Santa Lucia.

The covers- <http://www.joslinhall.com/images/th-02762a.jpg>
A Colorful Native- <http://www.joslinhall.com/images/th-02762.jpg>
Colorful Native Pottery- <http://www.joslinhall.com/images/th-02762b.jpg>
A Colorful Bird- <http://www.joslinhall.com/images/th-02762c.jpg>
Title Page & Litho View- <http://www.joslinhall.com/images/th-02762e.jpg>
Litho of a fish- <http://www.joslinhall.com/images/th-02762d.jpg>

Gilliss is more famous in astronomical circles than natural history
circles these days, as he founded both the U.S. Naval Observatory
and the observatory in Santiago, Chile.

2 volumes. Hardcover. 9"x12". Volume 1- xiii + 556 pages, plus
a 69" panoramic folding view of Santa Lucia, 3 folding maps,
1 single-page map, 3 single-page plans, 5 lithographed plates
and a brilliant chromolithographed plate of an Araucanian chief;
Volume 2- x + 300 pages, plus 1 single-page map; one folding
map (discolored along folds); 3 chromolithographed plates of
Indian antiquities; 15 chromolithographed plates of birds,
15 lithographed plates of fish and other animals, and 2 lithographed
plates of fossils; some woodcuts in the text.

Bound in period quarter calf with marbled boards; covers worn
and scuffed, hinges of Vol. 2 cracked on the outside and taped
inside; pp. 183/4 misbound after pp.178; a little soil here and
there, but except for the map (noted) the plates are clean
and nice. [02762]  A veritable travel bonanza at only $750.00

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