SCENES OF WONDER AND CURIOSITY IN CALIFORNIA; Illustrated by 105 Well Executed Engravings, Including the Mammoth Trees of Calaveras; the Caves and Natural Bridges of Calaveras; the Yo-Semite Valley; the Mammoth Trees of Mariposa and Frezno; Mount Shasta; the Quicksilver Mines of New Almaden and Henriquita; the Farallone Islands; the Geyser Springs, the RiffleBox Waterfall; Deer Creek; Lake Bigler; Scenes on the Sacramento; the El Dorado County Cave, etc.
San Francisco: J.M. Hutchiings & Co., 1861. First printing of the second edition. Original full dark brown morocco with gilt embossing to boards and spine, all edges gilt; 267 pp. 105 woodcut illustrations - many full-page. An exceptionally popular guide to the wonders of California. Originally published in 1861, this..... More