Williams tennessee

1852 · WRCAM39722 — New York 1852. 295pp. plus fourteen tinted lithograph plates including frontispiece folding map folding chart and errata slip. Original blindstamped green cloth spine gilt. Cloth lightly faded light wear at extremities. Bookplate on front pastedown and contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Scattered foxing and tanning but clean overall. A few old bibliographical notes about the work tipped onto the rear free endpaper. Very good. A detailed work prepared for the Tehuantepec Railroad Company of New Orleans concerning railroad and maritime communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via the Isthmus of Tehauntepec. The beautiful lithographic plates by Sarony depict people scenes and buildings in Minatitlan Ishuatlan and other points in the region. A separate atlas of maps was issued for this work but is not present here. SABIN 3480. PALAU 375712. hardcover books