DESCRIPTION DE LA NOUVELLE CALIFORNIE GEOGRAPHIQUE, POLITIQUE ET MORALE

by Hypolite Ferry

$3,500 · Offered by L. W. Currey · No longer available

First edition

Paris: L. Maison, Éditeur des Guides Richard ... , 1850. 17.5x11 cm 12mo , pp. 1-4 1 2-3 4-5 6-386, 4 inserted plates with engraved illustrations, 4 inserted maps, one folded, later quarter calf and marbled boards, spine panel ruled and tooled in gold and blind, black leather title piece. First edition, second printing? The most complete and extensive work published in France at this time Cowan . Excellent

• Printing: later

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