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Mary Austin Holley. Texas. Lexington, Ky: J. Clarke & co., 1836. Enlarged edition, expanded and with a shortened title from her earlier book Texas: Observations. Historical, Geographical and Descriptive in a Series of Letters. 12mo. (4.5" x 7"). viii, 410 pages. With William Hooker's Map of the State of Coahuila and Texas. The beautifully engraved folding map is outlined and shaded in color and measures 13.75" x 11". Original tan cloth boards with printed paper spine label. Housed in a custom brown leather clamshell case with gilt lettered spine.The earliest version of this map appeared in Mary Austin Holley's 1833 promotional book, Texas: Observations. Historical, Geographical and Descriptive, the first Anglo-American book on Texas. A first cousin of Stephen F. Austin, Holley shared his enthusiasm for his colony and wrote the book in hopes of encouraging immigration to the territory. The map was exceedingly popular and appeared again in the 1834 travel book, A Visit to Texas, with a few alterations. In 1836, Holley published this expanded version of her earlier work with the shortened title of Texas with this map. One of the first American maps of Texas, this later variation features the addition of John McMullen and James McGloin's grant, James Power's grant, several additional towns, and Comanche, Cherokee, Creek, and Choctaw Indian lands with later ink and stamp annotations. Unlike the Hooker map included in the 1833 edition, this map is quite striking with the different grants colored to delineate boundaries. The revisions also stress the changing face of Texas as described in Mrs. Holley's book.
The 1836 edition of the book itself is also not simply a re-issue of the 1833 edition, but a significantly expanded issue that includes commentary and documents relating to the Texas Revolution. Of the notable additions, Streeter stated, "As Mrs. Holley says in her Preface and again to the same effect in her Introduction, this is primarily a book of information intended for the emigrant rather than the general reader. There are chapters with such titles as 'Towns, Villages, &c.,' 'Money, Banks, Mail Establishments,' and there is a history of Texas carried down to Houston's army order of May 5, 1836, bidding farewell to his troops on leaving for treatment at New Orleans. There are also reprintings of Austin's Address at Lexington of March 7, 1836, the Mexican Constitution of 1824, and the Texas Constitution of March 17, 1836."Although Streeter preferred the 1833 edition, Jenkins considered the 1836 issue more important and influential due to these additions: "In addition to the San Jacinto reports, it includes the first book printing of the Texas Declaration of Independence, of the Republic of Texas Constitution, of Travis' famous letter from the Alamo, of Austin's Louisville Address of 1836, and other key documents of the revolution."
Reference: Sabin 32528; Streeter Texas 1207; Raines, page 116; Howes H593; Jenkins 94; Graff 1935.
Condition: Expertly professionally restored along the gutter margin of the map. Map with minute soiling, chiefly along the left margin that does not extend past the borders. Joints and spine with early repairs, now with some later wear, skewed. Spine and boards rubbed and worn with shelfwear and soiling. Endpapers refreshed. Pencil ownership to original endpapers. Some gutters overextended. Dampstaining and soiling to some gutters. Text block moderately foxed.
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