Books and Manuscripts

New York: Rufus Blanchard, 1855. Second issue. 12mo. 36 pp; large hand-colored folding map, 30 5/8 x 22 7/8 in. (777 x 580 mm). Original brown cloth casing, stamped in blind and in gilt, lightly worn; small dampstain on title-page and endpapers, with ads on text's rear wrapper; scattered small separations along map folds. Howes C 557

A near-fine copy of Colby's Hand-Book, featuring a comprehensive compendium on the state, including a history of its founding, as well as accounts of its geography, towns, natural resources, state affairs, and census statistics. Including Charles Morse's large hand-colored cerographic folding map of the state.