Norman's New Orleans and Environs: Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana, and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest to the Present time; Presenting a Complete Guide to All Subjects of General Interest in the Southern Metropolis. With a correct and improved plan of the city, pictorial illustrations of public buildings, etc.

New Orleans, (LA): B.M. Norman, 1845. First edition. 24mo. 223, (4, ads) pp. Six unused leaves for "Memoranda" at the end. Engraved frontispiece, wood engraved illustrations through text, full page map "Environs of New Orleans," featuring Lake Pontchartrain. The large plan mentioned on the title page was printed separately and does not accompany all copies, and is not present here. Howes N-180. Sabin 53360. American Imprints 4891. Thompson 2716: "Descriptive material." Jumonville 1412: "Not a New Orleans imprint" (printed for Norman in New York). Still a very good copy. Original gilt-stamped brown cloth (front joint splitting, chipped at head of spine, corners bumped). (#5652). (Inventory #: 58971)