The Isthmus of Tehuantepec Being the Results of a Survey for a Railroad to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, made by the Scientific Commission under the Instruction of Major J. G. Barnard with a Resume of the Geology, Climate, Local Geography, Productive Industry, Fauna and Flora, of That Region / Maps Illustrating the Isthmus of Tehuantepec - COMPLETE in Two Volumes
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 295. Frontis. lithograph of Tehuantepec from Cerro del Tigre. Illustrated throughout with tinted lithographic plates, behind tissue guards, and fold-out map. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine; decoration.....