A Northern Tour Being A Guide To Saratoga Lake George Niagara Canada Boston C C Through The State Of

by Henry Dilworth Gilpin Adirondacks Northern New York

$750 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

Philadelphia: H. C. Carey & I. Lea, 1825. 14.5x9 cm 12mo , pp. i-iii iv v vi: blank 1 2-279 280: blank , inserted hand-colored engraved folded map of the state of New York, contemporary three-quarter black polished calf and marbled boards lettered and ruled in gold. First edition. A scarce guide book, probably modeled on 1820 Silliman, whose small print provides a wealth of information on the history and geology

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