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A.B. LAWRENCE [and others?]
A History of Texas, or the Emigrant's Guide to the New Republic
3rd issue: Austin view. Texas for would-be settlers
$500
Item Details
New York, Nafis & Cornish, 1844, leather
3rd issue, binding repaired, otherwise acceptable
[Earliest view of Austin, Texas]. A History of Texas, or the Emigrant's guide to the new Republic, by a resident emigrant, late from the United States … With a brief introduction by the Rev. A. B. Lawrence, of New Orleans. New-York: Published by Nafis & Cornish, no. 278 Pearl-Street., 1844. 12mo signed in sixes, pp. [i-ii], vii-xxii; [23-] 24-275[-276 blank]. Frontispiece view of the ‘City of Austin the new capital of Texas in 1844’ after Edward Hall. (Left margin of view shaved just touching image area). Contemporary marbled sheep, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, marbled edges (joints repaired, damage to spine, extremities worn), slipcase. Provenance: C.B. Cochrane (contemporary signature to front free endpaper).
Third issue of the 1840 first edition, published without the dedication leaf to Texas Vice President David G. Burnet. The 1840 lithographed frontispiece (the earliest first-hand bird's-eye view of Austin, Texas and the first view of any Texan city) was re-worked for this issue: it is variously described as a lithograph or an engraving, my money is on the former?
Probably a publisher’s binding? This copy shares a roll-tool with the copy sold by Heritage (sale 30 Nov. 2022).
Howes L154; Streeter 1361; Basic Texas Books 120B; AAS #509034
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