The History of Sauk County, Wisconsin, Containing an Account of its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources ...
Chicago: Western Historical Society, 1880. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. [3], iv, [1], 20-825, [1] (page of publisher's advertisements) pp. Half black sheep over brown cloth with a gold device on the front board, spine in five compartments with gold decorations and gold lettering; all edges marbled. Peach endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a frontispiece map and with several full-page black and white portraits of prominent residents of the county. Completing the title page: An extensive and minute sketch of its cities, towns and villages - their improvements, industries, manufactories, churches, schools and societies; its war record, biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers; the whole preceded by a history of Wisconsin, statistics of the state, and an abstract of its laws and constitution and of the constitution of the United States. Scarce in commerce, this is a copious record of Sauk County history in the nineteenth century. Good. Item #000016873
The binding quite rubbed, the hinges cracked, three small address labels from a private owner.
Price: $200.00