Illinois As It Is; Its History, Geography, Statistics, Constitution, Laws, Government, Finances, Climate, Soil, Plants, Animals, State of Health, Prairies, Agriculture, Cattle-Breeding, Orcharding, Cultivation of the Grape, Timber-Growing, Market-Prices, Lands and Land Prices, Geology, Mining, Commerce, Banks, Railroads, Public Institutions, Newspapers, Etc. Etc.
Chicago: Keen and Lee, 1857. First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. in blue embossed cloth with pictorial gilt spine decoration. 451pp. engraved frontis and plates, complete with three color folding maps of Illinois. Very good, lacking front flyleaf, some foxing and soil to outermost pages. Binding very bright and handsome.