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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Octavo in dark blue-green cloth with spine lettered in gilt. 205 pp. plus index at rear. 11 plates including frontis and one large folding map tipped in at rear. A tight, very good example, some spotting to the spine strip and minor wear at the spine extremities. Occasional light foxing to the text as is usual. One of the scarcest and most sought after New Jersey historical volume. Part I describes the physical and geological description of Cape May County, its geological age and formation. Part II is "Economical Geology" (analyses of soils, marsh mud, forests, agriculture, fish and fish by-products, building material substances (particularly brick), salt. The second major portion of the work consists of "Catalogues of Zoological And Botanical Productions of the County of Cape May" that includes lists of the larger wild animals of the county (opossums, bears, raccoons, skunk, fox, squirrels, rabbits, deer, etc.); birds native to the county (including bald eagles, geese, various hawks, owls, swallows, fly-catchers, and smaller birds.); fishes (black fish, mackerel, dories, catfish, mudfish, pike, flounder, herring, turbot, sole, eels, shark); plants, marine algae. There is an engraving of a Venus Mercenaria with descriptive paragraphs of that fossil and the Buccinum Obsoletum. The final section is "Sketch of the Early History of the County Of Cape May".

hardcover. Zustand: very good. Map. Lithograph. 25" x 31.25". Shows two tears that extend into the margin near where map is affixed to binding. Otherwise in very good condition. Book. Illustrated. 211 pages. 8vo, stamped cloth covered boards, corners slightly bumped. First fly leaf inscribed with ink. Trenton: The True American, 1857. A very good copy. Includes an official printed letter from Viele about his triangulation methods. Egbert L. Viele (1825-1902) served in the Civil War before becoming a civil engineer and mapmaker, becoming the chief engineer of Central Park and developing plans for the first subway system. His namesake map is a fascinating part of the history of mapping.