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[CALIFORNIA]. TAYLOR, Bayard (1825–1878). Eldorado; or, Adventures in the Path of Empire; Comprising a Voyage to California, via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold Region; and Experiences of Mexican Travel. New York and London: George P. Putnam; Richard Bentley, 1850.
2 volumes, 8vo. (Spotting throughout). 8 tinted lithographs including frontispieces under tissue guards (frontispiece sprung in Vol. I, some spotting). Original blind–stamped green cloth, gilt–lettered spines (spine gently sunned, some light surface wear). Provenance: J.B. Bullock (early ownership signature).
Second edition, published the same year as the first English edition. “This work by an eminent writer and artist is probably the outstanding book on the early gold rush in California. The author’s description of the Constitutional Convention at Monterey is the best we have, as are also the views he gives us of the earliest mining camps. The colored plates are beautifully tinted works of art depicting San Francisco, Monterey, Sacramento, and the mining camps. Bayard Taylor saw everything and recorded everything he saw” (Zamorano). Howes T43; Kurutz 618c; Sabin 94440; Streeter 2654; Wheat Gold Rush 204; Zamorano Eighty, 73.