[Rarebooks] FS: John Muir PICTURESQUE CALIFORNIA with 120 full-page plates including 13 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS, 1888

[Charles Agvent]

MUIR, John (editor). PICTURESQUE CALIFORNIA AND THE REGION WEST OF THE 
ROCKY MOUNTAINS, FROM ALASKA TO MEXICO. New York & San Francisco: J. 
Dewing Company, 1888. Two large, heavy folio volumes (11-1/2" x 15") 
bound in publisher's gilt-ruled and lettered brown morocco and cloth 
with the title in gilt and a gilt design of a bear on a branch. xii, 
218; (ii) 219-478 pages. BAL 14744: Unknown Format A, called a reprint 
by Blanck. A number of authors contributed to this work with Muir, who 
contributed 7 articles, listed as the editor. Illustrated with over 600 
etchings, photogravures, wood engravings, photo-etchings, etc. including 
120 full page tissue-guarded plates by a number of artists including 
Thomas Moran, Frederick Remingon, Frederick Cozzens, Thomas Hill, and 
others. Among these are 13 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS including one by Thomas 
Moran--"The Half Dome-View From Moran Point"--and another after him. A 
beautiful book on the American West, mostly California, abundantly 
illustrated. Occasional finger smudge but contents quite clean and 
complete. The joints on both volumes are split but the covers are still 
tightly held by the cords. The leather has typically dried and flaked 
but has been professionally treated with a deacidifier and buffering 
salt to lessen further damage and to avoid powder deposits. Binding 
still quite good; contents fine. (#010549)        $1,800.00

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