HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; Containing A General Collection Of The Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, anecdotes, &c Relating To Its History And Antiquities With Geographical Descriptions Of Every Township In The State, Illustrated by 230 Engravings.
New York: S. Tuttle, 1841. 1st edition. Leather. 1st edition, 1841. A Good- copy. Royal 8vo., 608 pp., with folding map, bound in full leather. Front board present but detached, leather is worn through with loss at top and base of spine, title labels torn. Text edges tanned, marbled end papers faded and worn, previous owners bookplate inside front cover. Scattered foxing, fold out map has closed tear to lower middle section, some plates very crisp and clean, others are tanned. A few pages at rear are dog-earred. Good-. Item #35936
Henry Howe (October 11, 1816 – October 14, 1893) was an American author who wrote histories of several states in the United States. The Historical Collections of New York came out in 1841, and was profitable at sale of 10,000.
"The spring of 1840 had arrived, when one day I walked into Mr. Barber's office and inquired if he had thought of making a book on New York State. Thus began a partnership, where each would travel about the state, taking notes and drawing pictures."
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