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

New Haven: Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber, (1838). Second Edition. Very good+ in its original binding of full leather covered boards with extensive gilt decorations on the spine. Unfortunately, the original gilt decorated leather title label has been lost. The edges of the text block are marbled. An octavo measuring 8 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches with marbled end sheets. The leather over the spine shows evidence of drying with cracking of the leather's surface and rubbing to the leather at the tips of the boards. The contents are remarkable clean and free of tanning and foxing. The hand-colored, fold-out map of Connecticut is in excellent condition. 560 pages of text. Illustrated throughout with 190 wood block engravings. Contrary to the information contained in Wright Howes bibliography, U.S. Iana, the first edition of this title was published in 1836. Barber, an illustrator and historian (1798-1885) was Connecticut's first popular historian creating one of the first travel guides of the state Following the index (in the front of the book) is a hand colored, fold-out map of the State of Connecticut noting all of its towns at the time (see note above regarding condition). Considered to be "mildly scarce" by Howes. (Howes, B-120) Originally published in 1836.