673 pp. Inserted steel-engraved vignette title-page (dated 1880); nine inserted steel-engraved maps & one plate; one folding wood-engraved plan; numerous illustrations in text. (8vo) 9x6, contemporary 3/4 calf and marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt, brown morocco spine labels, all edges marbled.

This work, a greatly expanded version of a pamphlet issued in 1875, is an engaging and comprehensive assemblage of material of all sorts related to the history of Chicago and its surroundings until about 1830. Howes H815.