LE JEUNE VOYAGEUR EN CALIFORNIE RÉCITS INSTRUCTIFS ET MORAUX OFFRANT DES DÉTAILS CURIEUX SUR CETTE RÉGION DE L'AMERIQUE ET SUR LES COUTUMES USAGES ET MOEURS DE SES HABITANTS
Champagnac, Jean Baptiste Joseph
Published by Paris, 1852
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[4],248pp. plus eight handcolored plates (including frontispiece). Half title. Original gilt cloth, neatly rebacked with original elaborately gilt spine laid down, a.e.g. Very clean internally. Very good. Scarce French novel of an adventurer's journey to California to partake in the Gold Rush. While such works were usually meant as cautionary tales, they often had the result of spurring interest in going to the mines. The attractive illustrations, nicely handcolored, show scenes from the tale, including his tearful departure from France, his adventures in the wilds of America (encounters with Indians and hunting tigers), and his return home. KURUTZ 124. COWAN, p.113. Nasatir, FRENCH ACTIVITIES IN CALIFORNIA, p.400. SABIN 11819. Seller Inventory # WRCAM44268
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Publisher: Paris
Publication Date: 1852
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Le jeune Voyageur en Californie. Récits instructifs et moraux offrant des détails curieux sur cette région de l'Amérique et sur les coutumes, usages et moeurs de ses habitants.
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Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. Paris, P.C. Lehuby, libraire-éditeur, rue de Seine, 55, sans date, [1852]. In-12, reliure de l éditeur en percaline bleue-vert de l époque, dos et plats ornés de décors dorés coloriés, encadrements à froid , tranches dorées, 2 feuillets non-chiffrés, 248 pages, 8 planches gravées en couleurs hors texte, dont un frontispice en couleur signé Bavalos. Seller Inventory # ABE-1676528603437
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LE JEUNE VOYAGEUR EN CALIFORNIE RÉCITS INSTRUCTIFS ET MORAUX OFFRANT DES DÉTAILS CURIEUX SUR CETTE RÉGION DE L'AMERIQUE ET SUR LES COUTUMES USAGES ET MOEURS DE SES HABITANTS.
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Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
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[4],248pp. plus eight handcolored plates (including frontispiece). Half title. Original gilt cloth, neatly rebacked with original elaborately gilt spine laid down, a.e.g. Very clean internally. Very good. Scarce French novel of an adventurer's journey to California to partake in the Gold Rush. While such works were usually meant as cautionary tales, they often had the result of spurring interest in going to the mines. The attractive illustrations, nicely handcolored, show scenes from the tale, including his tearful departure from France, his adventures in the wilds of America (encounters with Indians and hunting tigers), and his return home. KURUTZ 124. COWAN, p.113. Nasatir, FRENCH ACTIVITIES IN CALIFORNIA, p.400. SABIN 11819. Seller Inventory # 44268
Quantity: 1 available