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WISLIZENUS, Frederick Adolphus (1810–1889). Memoir of a Tour to Northern Mexico, Connected with Col. Doniphan’s Expedition, in 1846 and 1847. Washington: Tippin & Streeper, 1848. 8vo. (Some offsetting to text, title–page browned and dampstained). 2 folding maps, one folding chart at end (spotting). Modern quarter sheep. FIRST EDITION, Senate issue, 30th Congress, 1st Session, Miscellaneous No. 26. “Wislizenus started on a privately financed trip over the [Santa Fe Territory] in 1846, unaware that the war with Mexico had been declared. He joined the large caravan of Albert Speyer and went to Chihuahua” (Rittenhouse). RARE WITH THE FOLDING MAPS which Wheat notes of the first map of being “of considerable value…a number of routes to New Mexico and across Texas are shown, and Doniphan’s campaign is carefully followed from Independence, through New and Old Mexico…”. Graff 4723; Howes W597; Rittenhouse 656; Wagner–Camp 159:1; Wheat, Transmississippi 573.