Philadelphia: J.W. Bradley, (1851). First edition. Tall 8vo. 6, 8, 17-610 pp. Illustrated with chromolithographed frontispiece, nine chromolithographed plates (each with tissue guard), and numerous in-text black and white wood engravings. Three-quarter red morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt, morocco lightly and unevenly faded, joints rubbed; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; matching marbled endpapers; scattered spotting to text and plates; worming to edges of some rear leaves. From the family library of Americana and autograph collectors Amor and Zachary T. Hollingsworth. Howes W-196; Henderson, p. 187

The first American book to feature chromolithography.