SPECIAL REPORT OF NEW YORK STATE SURVEY ON THE SCENERY OF NIAGARA FALLS. And Fourth Annual Report on the Triangulation of the State for the Year 1879.
Albany: Charles Van Benthuysen & Sons, 1880. Item #67747
96p, cloth, illustrated (11 plates, one of which is folded; 3 folded maps, two of which are colored in Part 1; 2 folded maps, one of which is in two parts in pocket at end), covers worn and soiled, light foxing on some pages of text, bookplate, good. Issued as "State of New York. No. 37. In Senate, march 22, 1880." Part 1 contains a facsimile of Father Hennepin's description of the Falls, London, 1698. Results of a study of Niagara Falls with a plan for a proposed State Reservation at the Falls, and noted by Frederick Law Olmsted. Part II of the document contains six tables relating to the Triangulation of the state.
Price: $495.00