Description:
115, [4]-89 pp. With 79 hand-colored lithographed maps, 5 of them double-page; 59 lithographed plates, 3 of them double-page. 47x39 cm. (18½x15¼"), original half leather and cloth, front cover lettered in gilt.
Detailed atlas of the county in north central Illinois, with 41 large scale township maps, which even indicate the major land-holders, plus lithographs of the fine buildings, bountiful farms, and other features. 25 of the maps are of Illinois and its various counties; 13 maps are of the United States and its various regions, including a separate map of Texas.
Lot Amendments
Condition:
Spine and corners worn, stain to front cover; small hole punched through front cover and most of contents, as if an ice pick, but not terribly detracting, marginal insect damage to first several leaves; overall very good, quite clean internally
