Report On The United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, Made Under The Direction of The Secretary of The Interior By William H. Emory. Vol.I w/ Parts 1, 2, Vol. II Part 1, Vol. II Part 2.

Report On The United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, Made Under The Direction of The Secretary of The Interior By William H. Emory. Vol.I w/ Parts 1, 2, Vol. II Part 1, Vol. II Part 2. Geological Reports of Doctor C.C. Parry and Assistant Arthur Schott. Notes by W.H. Emory. Palaentology and Geology of the Boundary by James Hall, of Albany, New York. Description of Cretaceceous and Tertiary Fossils, By T.A. Conrad, Esq. Botany of The Boundary. Introduction by C.C. Parry, M.D., Botany by John Torrey, M.D., Cactacea by George Engelmann, M.D. Zoology of The Boundary. Mammals, Birds, Reptiles by S.F. Baird, Fishes by C. Girard, M.D.

Author(s): Emory, William H., et.al.

4to.(9" x 11.25") Modern binding of full brown leather with blindstamp frame to covers. Spines with four gilt rule bordered raised bands, gilt "House of Rep." to first compartment, gilt title to second, gilt author to third, gilt vol# to fourth, gilt "Dept. of The Int." to the last compartment, double gilt rule to head and foot of spine. Marbled endpapers, renewed flyleaves. Gift inscription in pencil to second free flyleaf, date in orange crayon(?) (see pic). Vol.II, both parts with library stamps of Montgomery County - Norristown Public Library, stamps to title page and last plate in book, both affecting text. Correlated, all plates, maps accounted for. Sporadic foxing, some to plates. A beautiful, important set of books.

From Wiki: William Hemsley Emory (September 7, 1811 – December 1, 1887) was a prominent American surveyor and civil engineer of the 19th century. As an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers he specialized in mapping the United States border, including the Texas–Mexico border, and the Gadsden Purchase border, 1844–1855, and published lasting scientific reports on the border region. William H. Emory was most importantly a topographical engineer and explorer. From 1839 to 1842, he surveyed harbors and the Delaware River. In 1844, Emory served in an expedition that produced a new map of Texan claims westward to the Rio Grande, which brought him national attention as the war with Mexico seemed imminent. He next conducted a boundary survey of the Canada–United States border (1844–1846). His mapmaking skills were so superb and detailed with such great accuracy that he often made other maps obsolete, thus making him the authority of the trans-Mississippi west. There is a story of testament as to Emory's dedication to accuracy that says John Bartlett, his supervisor in the boundary survey, made him sign off on a misplaced boundary marker, creating a sweet revenge for Emory who replaced him as Head of the International Boundary Commission in 1855. But William H. Emory did more than just map the terrain; he also made notes about the plant life as well as the people who inhabited the sparsely populated Southwest. Notating the social relations of some of the Native American people, he wrote: "Women, when captured, are taken as wives by those who capture them, but they are treated by the Indian wives of the capturers as slaves, and made to carry wood and water; if they chance to be pretty, or receive too much attention from their lords and masters, they are, in the absence of the latter, unmercifully beaten and otherwise maltreated. The most unfortunate thing which can befall a captive woman is to be claimed by two persons. In this case, she is either shot or delivered up for indiscriminate violence." His multi-volume boundary survey published as the Report of the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior, 2 vols (Washington, GPO, 1857–1859, reprint Austin:Texas Historical Association, 1987) was not only a contribution to understanding the geography of the region but was a long-standing scientific contribution to the natural history of the region.

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