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(ILLINOIS.) A Guide to the City of Chicago . . . with a Map of the City. Folding map, 11 plates. 108 pages. 12mo, publisher's cloth gilt, minor wear; foxing, short closed tear to map; several inked 1871 ownership stamps. Chicago, 1868
An attractively illustrated guide to pre-fire Chicago. This copy was marked with the dated stamp of New Orleans businessman James Desban on 10 October 1871, just as the Great Fire was finishing its business a thousand miles to the north. Howes C368 (abridged issue).
