The History of Illinois, from its first discovery and settlement, to the present time.
New York: J. Winchester, New World Press, 1844. 8vo (218 x 138 mm). Engraved folding map frontispiece by J. Calvin Smith. Contemporary brown cloth stamped in blind, gilt title to spine. Condition : map creased with curled edges, tape repairs, title loose, foxed and lightly browned; spine head chipped with some loss, joints starting, corners rounded. Provenance : "Isaac [Rhitt], La Salle, Ill."(contemporary inscription to front pastedown). "Chronologically the first, intrinsically the worst, history of this state"- (Howes) Graff 421, Howes B839.
The History of Illinois, from its first discovery and settlement, to the present time.
New York: J. Winchester, New World Press, 1844. 8vo (218 x 138 mm). Engraved folding map frontispiece by J. Calvin Smith. Contemporary brown cloth stamped in blind, gilt title to spine. Condition : map creased with curled edges, tape repairs, title loose, foxed and lightly browned; spine head chipped with some loss, joints starting, corners rounded. Provenance : "Isaac [Rhitt], La Salle, Ill."(contemporary inscription to front pastedown). "Chronologically the first, intrinsically the worst, history of this state"- (Howes) Graff 421, Howes B839.
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