Book: Rare Southern Izard title published 1844 [Deas, Anne Izard] CORRESPONDENCE OF MR. RALPH IZARD OF SOUTH CAROLINA FROM THE YEAR 1774 TO 1804. New York: Charles S. Francis & Co. With 45 extra portraits and plates inserted. Presentation copy from E.F. de Lancy to E.B. O'Callaghan.

Provenance : From the library of August Kohn. August Kohn (1868-1930), Columbia, South Carolina journalist and businessman, assembled one of the finest private libraries of South Caroliniana in the country. He was an avid collector of books, pamphlets and maps related to his beloved native state. A writer of ability, he wrote for the Charleston News and Courier after graduating cum laude from South Carolina College in 1889. He also wrote pamphlets about the towns of Orangeburg and Columbia and, in 1903, published a significant work titled THE COTTON MILLS OF SOUTH CAROLINA.