Wisconsin: Its Geography and Topography, History, Geology, and Mineralogy:, by Lapham, I.A. [Increase Allen]
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Wisconsin: Its Geography and Topography, History, Geology, and Mineralogy:, by Lapham, I.A. [Increase Allen]. I.A. Hopkins: Milwaukee, 1846. Edition: Second Edition, Greately Improvied. Hardcover, 4.5 by 7.5 inches, 208 pages. TITLE CONTINUES: Together with Brief Sketches of its Antiquities, Natural History, Soil, Productions, Population, and Government. Red buckram library binding with white lettering on spine.

Condition: Just Good. Ex-library copy with the usual markings, including perforated ownership mark on title page and last page. Lacking the fold-out map. Pages are lightly foxed, but are otherwise clean and unmarked.

Contents: The author, Increase Lapham, was one of the country's best known naturalists and engineers. He came to Milwaukee in 1836 and died there in 1875. Wisconsin Geography and Topography (1844) was one of his earliest and most important works. This is the second edition of that work, "greately imrpoved" as noted on the title page. In addition to general intrductory material on the history and native inhabitants of Wisconsin, it contains a summary of the geogology and prospects of each county. Published in Milwaukee by I.A. Hopkins "146 U.S. Block", this also qualifies as an early Milwaukee imprint.