DAVIDSON & STUVE. A Complete History of Illinois from 1673 to 1884. Springfield, IL: J.W. Rokker, Publisher, 1884. Later edition. -- REYNOLDS. The Pioneer History of Illinois. Chicago: Fergus Printing Company, 1887. Second edition. -- MOSES. Illinois, Historical and Statistical. Chicago: Fergus Printing Company, 1889-1892. 2 volumes. -- PALMER. The Bench and the Bar of Illinois. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1899. 2 volumes. -- BOGGESS. The Chicago Historical Society’s Collection--Vol. V. The Settlement of Illinois 1778-1830. Chicago: Chicago Historical Society, 1909. 

Together, 5 works in 7 volumes, 8vo. Uniformly bound in 20th-century half green calf gilt, Lowden’s monogram gilt-stamped on front covers. Provenance: Frank Orren Lowden (1861-1943), 25th Governor of Illinois (bookplates, bindings). Lowden was the Governor of Illinois from 1917 until 1921 after serving as a U.S. Representative from Illinois’ 13th district in the United States House of Representatives from 1906 until 1911. During his gubernatorial term, Lowden was best known for reorganizing state government to reduce the rate of taxation, vetoing the bill to abolish capital punishment, as well as for his handling of the 1919 Chicago Race Riots.