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Jacob De Cordova. Texas: Her Resources and Her Public Men. A Companion for J. De Cordova's New and Correct M...
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Jacob De Cordova. Texas: Her Resources and Her Public Men. A Companion for J. De Cordova's New and Correct Map of the State of Texas. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1858.FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the added index. 8vo. 375 pages. Publisher's blind-embossed brown cloth, spine gilt-lettered . Housed in a brown cloth slipcase.
Jenkins writes, "The first attempt at an encyclopedia of Texas, this work contains a wealth of still-useful material... DeCordova, a native of Jamaica... [and] one of the earliest Jewish settlers in Texas...did some of the first genuine scholarly research ever done in Texas while compiling the book, interviewing leading men, researching newspaper files, searching county court records... The volume includes biographies, land laws, climatology, statistics, articles on railroads, the cotton industry, sheep raising, geology, schools, farming, slavery, churches, cattle, the lumber industry, gambling, and other subjects."
Condition: Slight wear to the binding. Text block is lightly toned.
References: Howes D-201; Jenkins Basic Texas Books 38A; Rader 1097; Raines, p. 65 ("A fine Texas cyclopedia at the time").
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2023 December 2 The Ted Lusher Texas History Collection, Part One Signature® Auction #6281 (go to Auction Home page)
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