Dutton, Clarence Edward

Atlas to Accompany the Monograph on the Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon District.  Washington: U. S. Printing Office, 1852



Folio atlas (20 x 17  1/2  in.; 509 x 444 mm).  Lithograph title and 22 toned and color lithograph plates and maps of the Grand Canyon by J. Bien & Co., including 10 panoramas after Holmes and Moran (plate XVIII), and the remainder maps; dampstaining on right margin of title and contents leaves, occasional light foxing, inked library stamp on the verso of a few plates and on title.  Publisher's gilt-lettered cloth; rubbed and with wear to extremities.

Santa Cruz City Free Library (label on front pastedown and inked stamp on title)

First edition, atlas only.  Clarence E. Dutton began working on his Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon District while he was a member of the Powell survey.  The Atlas beautifully illustrates the Grand Canyon with the use of color lithography by Julius Bien.  The panoramas of the spectacular river gorge are after the paintings of two brilliant topographical artists, W. H. Holmes and Thomas Moran.  The maps are drawn at three different scales and show the topography and geology of the Grand Canyon.  Tertiary History was important both as a work of art and as the scientific foundation upon which subsequent mapping was based.  It is one of the most important cartographic works devoted to the Grand Canyon.