HISTORY & TOPOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA by John Hinton 1856-7
POB#54174
TITLE: The History and Topography of the United States of North America, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time
AUTHOR: Hinton, John Howard, ed.
PUBLISHER: Boston: Samuel Walker
DATE: 1856-57
DESCRIPTION: 2 volumes. With additions and corrections, by Samuel L. Knapp. Illustrated with numerous steel-engraved plates including added pictorial titles. (4to) half red leather and pebbled cloth, gilt spines. Important work on the United States in its fiftieth year, remarkable for the finely engraved views of the cities, towns and colleges of the young republic. The First American Edition was published in 1834. Howes H512; Sabin 31964.
CONDITION NOTES: GOOD. Wear, rubbing and soiling to bindings, front joints on vol. 1 cracked, other joints and hinges starting, some reinforced with cloth tape, spine strip of vol. 1 starting to detach; toning to interiors, some dampstaining to top corners of vol. 1, early ownership signature; both volumes good.
BINDING: Half red morocco over black pebbled cloth.
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NOTES: Two volumes with a 1) History up to and including the War with Mexico, including many famous episodes of colonial and Revolutionary War history 2) Topography including many city views, scenery, as well as geological explorations especially in New York.
Illustrated with numerous steel-engraved plates including added pictorial titles. (4to) half red leather and pebbled cloth, gilt spines. Important work on the United States in its fiftieth year, remarkable for the finely engraved views of the cities, towns and colleges of the young republic. The First American Edition was published in 1834. Howes H512; Sabin 31964.
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Features include:
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All Presidential portraits up to 1856 (Franklin Pierce) in stunning steel engraved plates. + Benjamin Franklin, + Henry Clay.
Steel engravings after John Turnbull paintings of the American Revolution and Declaration of Independence.
Signatures in plate of all the signers of the Declaration of Independence, life size (it appears).
Three images from the Mexican-American War: Siege of Vera Cruz, Battle of Chapultepec; and Surrender at Mexico City (also a vignette in the added frontispiece Vol 2).
