Item #24785 REPORT Upon The PHYSICS And HYDRAULICS Of The MISSISSIPPI RIVER; Upon the Protection of the Alluvial Region Against Overflow; and Upon the Deepening of the Mouths. Captain A. A. Humphreys, Lieut. H. L. Abbot.

REPORT Upon The PHYSICS And HYDRAULICS Of The MISSISSIPPI RIVER; Upon the Protection of the Alluvial Region Against Overflow; and Upon the Deepening of the Mouths ...

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867. 1st edition thus. This a separate reissue of Introductory Letter; Chapters 2, 6 & 7; and Plate II of the original report of 1861. xx, 214 pp. Large, hand-colored fold-out map ["Alluvial Region of the Mississippi. 1861"] at rear. Map measures 31-1/2" x 19-1/2". 8vo. Original brown cloth with gilt stamped lettering to front board. VG (cloth & gilt sharp/some minor staining to top of front board/period poi to ffep). Item #24785

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