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FORBES, Alexander (1778-1862). California: A History of Upper and Lower California from their First Discovery to the Present Time, Comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Productions, Agriculture, Commerce, &c. A Full View of the Missionary Establishments and Condition of the Free and Domesticated Indians. With an Appendix relating to Steam Navigation in the Pacific. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1839.
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FORBES, Alexander (1778-1862). California: A History of Upper and Lower California from their First Discovery to the Present Time, Comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Productions, Agriculture, Commerce, &c. A Full View of the Missionary Establishments and Condition of the Free and Domesticated Indians. With an Appendix relating to Steam Navigation in the Pacific. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1839.
8o (221 x 139 mm). Lithographed frontispiece portrait of Father Antonio Peyri, 9 lithographed plates and folding lithographed map. Original plum cloth (light wear to inner hinges); green morocco pull-off case. Provenance: Frank C. Deering (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK IN ENGLISH DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO CALIFORNIA. The author was a partner of Barron, Forbes & Company of Tepic, Mexico, which owned the New Almaden mines in California. The map shows upper and lower California, Mexico and Guatemala as they were in 1839, and includes inset maps of the harbors of Bodega, San Francisco, San Diego, Monterey, Santa Barbara and San Pedro. Cowan p.217; Graff 1377; Hill p.107 ("the changes of time and subsequent history have not lessened the value of this work, for it is still considered as one of the most important upon the subject"); Howes F-242. A FINE COPY.
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FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK IN ENGLISH DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO CALIFORNIA. The author was a partner of Barron, Forbes & Company of Tepic, Mexico, which owned the New Almaden mines in California. The map shows upper and lower California, Mexico and Guatemala as they were in 1839, and includes inset maps of the harbors of Bodega, San Francisco, San Diego, Monterey, Santa Barbara and San Pedro. Cowan p.217; Graff 1377; Hill p.107 ("the changes of time and subsequent history have not lessened the value of this work, for it is still considered as one of the most important upon the subject"); Howes F-242. A FINE COPY.