PICTURESQUE CALIFORNIA and the Region West of the Rocky Mountains, from Alaska to Mexico

Muir, John (Editor)

Published by The J. Dewing Company, Publishers, San Francisco and New York, 1888

About this Item

Folio, two volumes: 478 p. with over 600 etchings, photogravures, wood engravings, etc. In one-half morocco over pebbled cloth bindings, with decorative gilt stamping, five raised bands, and beveled edges. A closed tear to p.45-6 in the first volume has been neatly mended. Small ink stamp ("Dolgeville Academy") to the bottom of a few leaves in each volume. The leather has been professionally refurbished. A very good set. Kimes 174; Zamorano Select 87. "In 1887 James Dewing and his associates conceived the idea of publishing the grandest California pictorial book of the nineteenth century, which would make money while taking advantage of the growing fascination with California and the West. Copying the format and title of William Cullen Bryant's hightly successful Picturesque America, they selected John Muir (1838-1914) as editor and a group of artists including Thomas Hill, William Keith, Julian Rix, and Charles Dorman Robinson to help create an elaborate subscription publication in a variety of formats. Muir wrote seven of the chapters; it is unclear how much he was really involved in editorial decisions" (Alan Jutzi). Seller Inventory # 76204

Bibliographic Details

Title: PICTURESQUE CALIFORNIA and the Region West ...

Publisher: The J. Dewing Company, Publishers, San Francisco and New York

Publication Date: 1888

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very good