The valley of the Mississippi : illustrated in a series of views

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Title: The valley of the Mississippi : illustrated in a series of views
Alternative Title: Valley of the Mississippi illustrated
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846
Contributor: Thomas, Lewis Foulk, 1808-1868.
Published / Created: 1841-1842.
Publication Place: St. Louis, Mo.
Publisher: Published by the artist and printed by Chambers and Knapp
Description: BEIN Zc20 +841wi: Imperfect: Original wrappers except for those for nos. 5, 6 and 7 which are reproduced from 1948 reprint; also plates numbered 18-20 and 25-28 are reproduced from reprint. From the library of Paul Mellon.
"Published monthly, in numbers, each number containing four views, at $1 a number"--Title page of first number.
First number has engraved t.p.
Copyright statement on t.p.
Published monthly from July 1841 to March 1842. Title pages of individual numbers vary slightly from the engraved t.p. of first number; all numbers have title pages except for no. [7], published in Jan. 1842.
Extent: 9 parts (145 p.) : 31 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Material: ill. ;
Subject (Geographic): Mississippi River Valley
Saint Louis (Mo.)
Subject (Topic): Description and travel
Subjects: Mississippi River Valley > Description and travel
Saint Louis (Mo.) > Description and travel
Missouri. Saint Louis. 1841
Mellon, Paul > Ownership

Access: Public
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