A NEW AND POPULAR PICTORIAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNITED STATES: Containing An Account Of The Topography...History, Revolutionary And Other Interesting Events...
Robert Sears: NY, 1850. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #21-6251
Engravings, 9 x 6", gilt dec green cloth, 608pp + ads. Covers well worn, rubbed, sunned, corners and spine tips bumped and worn, inner hinges cracked and covers loose, heavily foxed, "Embellishment List" lacks a corner else good. Covers one territory and thirty one states. Well detailed on what each area has to offer. For example, Michigan: Mackinac "Usually there are a number of Indians visiting...in their bark canoes, freighting poles, bark, and matting, for a temporary wigwam", Detroit "there are several fine broad avenues, and the situation for trade is highly advantageous" and regarding copper mining "The Cliff mine has raised 2,495 tons of native copper...The Eagle Harbor company has opened twenty veins..." Sixth edition.
Price: $35.00