Book Description: John W. Barber and Henry Howe, Historical Collections of the State of New York “Containing a General Collection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc. Relating to the History and Antiquities, With Geographical Descriptions of Every Township in the State. Illustrated by 230 engravings.” New York: S. Tuttle, 1841, 608 pages. 6 ” x 9 ½”. Folded map present with one tear on folds. Full leather. Front cover loose along with first eight pages, which are present. A good deal of leather missing on spine. Occasional mild foxing. Despite these problems, still a decent copy. Like all of Barber’s geographical and town studies, this volume contains numerous small engravings of local towns and scenes therein.