8vo (219 x 146 mm). Original printed yellow wrappers with woodcut border (faint horizontal crease at center, small corner tear to upper cover, some light soiling); green morocco-backed slipcase and chemise. Provenance: Jonathan Hatch Hubbard (1768-1849), American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont (ownership signature on upper cover).

FIRST EDITION, ONE OF PRESUMABLY 4 KNOWN COPIES OF THIS EXCEPTIONALLY EARLY CHICAGO IMPRINT. "At the time of the Paullin Sale this was thought to be the only copy in existence, but since then three other copies have been located" (Streeter). This work has only appeared twice at auction, the last being the Streeter Sale in 1967 and before that the Paullin Sale in 1929. We could not locate any copies institutionally. A very early Chicago imprint, produced by a city that had only recently been incorporated during the winter of 1836-1837, merely six years prior to this publication. Byrd 785; Streeter Sale III:1477.