This is a guide to the collections of the St. Louis Museum as of the year 1859. It is an update to the earlier catalog of 1856. It includes an introduction by the museum's curator John Bates, statements on the Zeuglodon skeleton excavated by Albert C. Koch, the contents of 51 cases of stuffed birds and other animals, lists of statues and paintings, and other miscellaneous holdings. There is also a statement about the two Egyptian mummies on display previously owned by Joseph Smith of Nauvoo, Illinois.
Plate 48 from "The North American Sylva; or a description of the Forest Trees... Not Described in the Work of F. André Michaux", lithograph after a painting by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 10.25 in x 6.25 in, The Mercantile's prints are thought to be from the Philadelphia printings of Nuttall's publications in the 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s.
Plate 41 from "The North American Sylva; or a description of the Forest Trees... Not Described in the Work of F. André Michaux", a lithograph after a painting by Pancrace Bessa, 10.25 in x 6.25 in, The Mercantile's prints are thought to be from the Philadelphia printings of Nuttall's publications in the 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s.
Plate 36 from "The North American Sylva; or a description of the Forest Trees... Not Described in the Work of F. André Michaux", a lithograph after a painting by Pancrace Bessa, 10.25 in x 6.25 in, The Mercantile's prints are thought to be from the Philadelphia printings of Nuttall's publications in the 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s.
Plate 49 from "The North American Sylva; or a description of the Forest Trees... Not Described in the Work of F. André Michaux", lithograph after a painting by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 10.25 in x 6.25 in, The Mercantile's prints are thought to be from the Philadelphia printings of Nuttall's publications in the 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s.
Plate 50 from "The North American Sylva; or a description of the Forest Trees... Not Described in the Work of F. André Michaux", a lithograph after a painting by Pancrace Bessa, 10.25 in x 6.25 in, The Mercantile's prints are thought to be from the Philadelphia printings of Nuttall's publications in the 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s.
Plate 46 from "The North American Sylva; or a description of the Forest Trees... Not Described in the Work of F. André Michaux", a lithograph after a painting by Pancrace Bessa, 10.25 in x 6.25 in, The Mercantile's prints are thought to be from the Philadelphia printings of Nuttall's publications in the 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s.
Plate 13 from "The North American Sylva; or a description of the Forest Trees... Not Described in the Work of F. André Michaux", a lithograph after a painting by Pancrace Bessa, 10.25 in x 6.25 in, The Mercantile's prints are thought to be from the Philadelphia printings of Nuttall's publications in the 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s.
Plate 30 from "The North American Sylva", a color stipple engraving after a painting by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 10.25 in x 6.25 in, The Mercantile's prints are thought to be from the Philadelphia printings of Nuttall's publications in the 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s.
Plate 12 from "The North American Sylva; or a description of the Forest Trees... Not Described in the Work of F. André Michaux", lithograph, 10.25 in x 6.25 in, The Mercantile's prints are thought to be from the Philadelphia printings of Nuttall's publications in the 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s.
Plate 42 from "The North American Sylva; or a description of the Forest Trees... Not Described in the Work of F. André Michaux", lithograph after a painting by Henri-Joseph Redouté, 10.25 in x 6.25 in, The Mercantile's prints are thought to be from the Philadelphia printings of Nuttall's publications in the 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s.
Plate 15 from "The North American Sylva; or a description of the Forest Trees... Not Described in the Work of F. André Michaux", lithograph after a painting by Henri-Joseph Redouté, 10.25 in x 6.25 in, The Mercantile's prints are thought to be from the Philadelphia printings of Nuttall's publications in the 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s.
Plate 31 from "The North American Sylva; or a description of the Forest Trees... Not Described in the Work of F. André Michaux", lithograph after a painting by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 10.25 in x 6.25 in, The Mercantile's prints are thought to be from the Philadelphia printings of Nuttall's publications in the 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s.
This undated and unsigned map of the boundaries of St. Louis shows the growth of the city at different periods: 1780, 1822, 1839, 1841, 1855, 1860, and 1876.