Rare Antique Lake Maxinkuckee Map Book

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“This is a very rare 2 volume set, “Lake Maxinkuckee A Physical and biological survey” published in 1920 by the Department of Conservation, State of Indiana. Authors were Evermann and Clark. Please excuse the pix, as I do not want to open the binding wide & risk damaging it. IF YOU ARE A CULVER ALUMNUS, this set is a MUST!!

The first volume is chock full of great color prints of most of the fish known to inhabit Lake Maxinkuckee around 1900 - 1910. (I wonder how many survive today?) Perhaps the most striking feature of this set is the folded BEAUTIFUL MAP of the lake, measuring two feet wide and more than 1 1/2 foot high (see pix). This map, a fine woodcut, carefully details the depth contours of the lake, and would make a terrific framed picture, if one were creepy enough to remove it from the book.

***NOTE*** in the map pix are some dark lines;THESE ARE ARTIFACTS OF THE LIGHTING and are not present in the pix. I did not want to risk damaging the map by pressing it flat just to take a photo.

The second volume contains descriptions of all the plants, insects, seaweeds, etc. known to inhabit the lake and its immediate surroundings.

This set represents a monumental effort - never to be repeated - to assess the physical and biological aspects of lake Maxinkuckee. There is even a large treatise, complete with many tables and much data, dealing with the depth of the ice each winter for several years!!

ALL YOU FAITHFUL CULVER ACADEMY ALUMNI (Nee CMA, Culver Military Academy) this set is a MUST for your library. I doubt if you will find a set again. S&H $30 (the set will be carefully boxed and padded); insurance is extra and optional. Foreign shipping $50.
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