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

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

"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]  $ 375 net


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