MITCHELL, Samuel Augustus (1792–1868). Illinois in 1837; A Sketch Descriptive of the Situation, Boundaries, Face of the Country… With a Letter on the Cultivation of the Prairies by the Hon. H. L. Ellsworth. Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1837. 8vo. Engraved folding map frontispiece outlined in color by Mitchell (some pale browning). Original quarter olive green cloth, printed drab paper over boards (spine toned with some fraying near crown, covers a bit rubbed, intermittent foxing). Provenance: Henry Rogers (signature on upper cover and front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION, second issue with “Animals” corrected on title–page. Howes M–689.
MITCHELL, Samuel Augustus (1792–1868). Illinois in 1837; A Sketch Descriptive of the Situation, Boundaries, Face of the Country… With a Letter on the Cultivation of the Prairies by the Hon. H. L. Ellsworth. Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1837. 8vo. Engraved folding map frontispiece outlined in color by Mitchell (some pale browning). Original quarter olive green cloth, printed drab paper over boards (spine toned with some fraying near crown, covers a bit rubbed, intermittent foxing). Provenance: Henry Rogers (signature on upper cover and front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION, second issue with “Animals” corrected on title–page. Howes M–689.
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