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John Muir, 1887-1890.
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Picturesque California and the Region West of the Rocky Mountains, from Alaska to Mexico
John Muir, 1887-1890.
MUIR, John (1838-1914), editor. Picturesque California and the Region West of the Rocky Mountains, from Alaska to Mexico. San Francisco & New York: The J. Dewing Company, 1887-1890.
Picturesque California in original wrappered parts, featuring a plethora of engravings, etchings, and photogravures after the Western Art of Frederick Cozzens, Thomas Hill, Thomas Moran, Frederic Remington, William Keith, and many others. Muir's work was delivered to subscribers in over more than two years, in 30 monthly parts. Muir wrote seven of the articles in addition to editing the work. BAL 14744; Cowan, p.486. Currey & Kruska 257 (format “A”).
Thirty parts, folio (417 x 305mm). Extensively illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers (backstrips perished and contents loose). Original gilt-lettered cloth portfolio. Custom solander box. Provenance: Kenneth E. Hill (bookplate to box, artist index of plates laid in, presumablyt Hill's). Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.
John Muir, 1887-1890.
MUIR, John (1838-1914), editor. Picturesque California and the Region West of the Rocky Mountains, from Alaska to Mexico. San Francisco & New York: The J. Dewing Company, 1887-1890.
Picturesque California in original wrappered parts, featuring a plethora of engravings, etchings, and photogravures after the Western Art of Frederick Cozzens, Thomas Hill, Thomas Moran, Frederic Remington, William Keith, and many others. Muir's work was delivered to subscribers in over more than two years, in 30 monthly parts. Muir wrote seven of the articles in addition to editing the work. BAL 14744; Cowan, p.486. Currey & Kruska 257 (format “A”).
Thirty parts, folio (417 x 305mm). Extensively illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers (backstrips perished and contents loose). Original gilt-lettered cloth portfolio. Custom solander box. Provenance: Kenneth E. Hill (bookplate to box, artist index of plates laid in, presumablyt Hill's). Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.
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