THE CINCINNATI ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR 1846; Being a Complete Picture of Cincinnati and Its Environs, Accompanied by a New and Accurate Plan of the City.

Cincinnati, (OH): Robinson & Jones, 1846. First edition (stated on title page; "First Annual Issue" in ad at rear). 16mo (14 cm). 85 leaves, including tipped-in errata slip and 7-pages of publisher's ads at the end. In-text architectural illustrations from wood engravings, double-page folding plan of the city, with some hand-colored borders, as frontispiece; a business directory occupies 21 pages. With the ownership signature "E. Hinman," listed in the text as Secretary of the Fire Department Insurance Company and President of "Protection Society, No. 1." Sabin 13077. American Imprints 46-1547. Drake 9313 (Marietta College; Drake 9312 locates five copies without the errata slip). Not in Thomson (cf. Thomson 187 and 188 for an earlier version, discontinued after the 1840 issue). Some light foxing, but very good. Original gilt-stamped brown cloth. (11179). Item #65412

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