The Lost POanoramas of the Mississippi
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Hardcover, map endpapers, xi+ 211 pp. with bibliography, index. Illustrated with numerous reproductions of 19th century documents, posters, engravings, paintings. In 1846, John Banvard, who wanted to "paint the biggest picture in the world", unrolled before the audience the.....