Illinois as it is . . . with a Prairie and Wood Map, a Geological Map, and Population Map, and Other Illustrations.
Chicago, Ill. Keen and Lee; Philadelphia: Charles Desilver, 1857. First edition. 8vo, original blind-stamped and gilt-stamped red cloth, 451, [5] pages, all edges marbled. Frontis, two plates. Three inserted folding color maps. Illus. Cloth a little rubbed and soiled; a very good copy. Item #18630
Detailed description of Illinois, intended as a lure and a guide to immigrants. Includes a catalog of ads in the rear of books available from Keen and Lee in Chicago. An ex-library copy, with the small neat stamps of the Essex Institute (since defunct) to the frontis and the title, as well as to the upper margins of each map; small ink stamp to the foot of the title page, early shelfmark label to the spine. Ante-Fire Imprints 259; Byrd 2662; Flake, Mormon Bibliography, 3546.
Price: $225.00