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Connecticut Historical Collections
Containing a General Collection of Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc. Relating to the History and Antiquity of
by John Warner Barber
ISBN: 0939883058
ISBN-13: 9780939883059
Format: Paperback
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Bibliopola Pr
Published date: 1999
Size: 6.25 x 9 inches
Weight: 1.8 pounds
Publisher's Notes
John Warner Barber, an amateur historian, engraver, and printer, traveled around Connecticut sketching town greens, hotels, schools, churches, and harbors. He also collected local history and immersed himself in the works of such noted historians as Dr. Trumbull. From these labors he produced Connecticut Historical Collections, a book of fine wood engravings and lively history. In its first year, 1837, it sold 7000 copies. Reissued later, it again sold well. Today, though his wood engravings are well known, few copies of the book remain. Antique dealers unfortunately do a brisk business selling the woodcuts from volumes they have "broken." Now readers can again enjoy Barber's beautiful engravings as well as his delightfully entertaining history of the towns then in existence.
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Connecticut Historical Collections, Containing a General Collection of Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc., Relating to the History and Antiquities of Every Town in Connecticut with Geographical Descriptions
Barber, John Warner
Storrs, CT: Bibliopola Press, 1999. Facsimile reprint of original 1836 edition issued at Hartford, CT, reissued in New Haven in 1849. 560 pp., illus. As issued.. First Thus. Soft Cover. As New/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Saucony Book Shop (United States)
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