Drake, Daniel

NATURAL AND STATISTICAL VIEW, OR PICTURE OF CINCINNATI AND THE MIAMI COUNTRY, ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS. WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING OBSERVATIONS ON THE LATE EARTHQUAKES, THE AURORA BOREALIS, AND SOUTH-WEST WIND

Cincinnati: Printed by Looker and Wallace, 1815. First edition. 12mo. 251,[4]pp. plus two folding maps.In original printed boards and spine. Some chipping to joints but a well preserved copy, rarely found in its original binding. The maps are a plan of Cincinnati and a map of Miami county. Housed in a green clamshell case. "The work is almost entirely original, and has been drawn upon largely by all subsequent writers on the subject. The portion relating to the Natural History and Antiquities of the Miami Country, still remains the best account we have of them." - THOMSON 346 HOWES 465 STREETER SALE 1355. Item #63305

Price: $2,500.00