Utazás Kalifornia déli Részeiben
XANTUS, Janos. Utazás Kalifornia déli Részeiben
Pest: Lauffer És Stolp, 1860
8vo., Illustrated boards featuring the author on a mule in Los Angeles; rebacked in blue cloth; boards lettered in black, with decorative border to upper; pp. [xi], 2-191, [iii, ads]; with a suite of 7 lithographic plates, frontis, and a folding lithographic map to rear; boards dampstained, toned, and rubbed at edges; sporadic minimal dampstaining and spotting throughout, mostly affecting the prelims, with the plates for the most part clean; a very good copy, scarce thus. Provenance: Stamp of Hungarian collector Lajos Pokorny to the ffep.
First authorised edition.
A beautifully-illustrated early first-hand account of Southern California in the mid 19th century, with chapters on the economy (namely gold), Natural History, and lives of the Native Americans, written by a Hungarian freedom fighter in exile who, during his time serving with the U.S. Army, visited Los Angeles and the Tejon Indian tribes. Baja California was almost unknown at the time of his writing, and his contributions to later understanding and writings of the area were instrumental: he collected numerous Natural History specimens, and several zoological and botanical taxa were later named after him.
Rare.
XANTUS, Janos. Utazás Kalifornia déli Részeiben
Pest: Lauffer És Stolp, 1860
8vo., Illustrated boards featuring the author on a mule in Los Angeles; rebacked in blue cloth; boards lettered in black, with decorative border to upper; pp. [xi], 2-191, [iii, ads]; with a suite of 7 lithographic plates, frontis, and a folding lithographic map to rear; boards dampstained, toned, and rubbed at edges; sporadic minimal dampstaining and spotting throughout, mostly affecting the prelims, with the plates for the most part clean; a very good copy, scarce thus. Provenance: Stamp of Hungarian collector Lajos Pokorny to the ffep.
First authorised edition.
A beautifully-illustrated early first-hand account of Southern California in the mid 19th century, with chapters on the economy (namely gold), Natural History, and lives of the Native Americans, written by a Hungarian freedom fighter in exile who, during his time serving with the U.S. Army, visited Los Angeles and the Tejon Indian tribes. Baja California was almost unknown at the time of his writing, and his contributions to later understanding and writings of the area were instrumental: he collected numerous Natural History specimens, and several zoological and botanical taxa were later named after him.
Rare.
XANTUS, Janos. Utazás Kalifornia déli Részeiben
Pest: Lauffer És Stolp, 1860
8vo., Illustrated boards featuring the author on a mule in Los Angeles; rebacked in blue cloth; boards lettered in black, with decorative border to upper; pp. [xi], 2-191, [iii, ads]; with a suite of 7 lithographic plates, frontis, and a folding lithographic map to rear; boards dampstained, toned, and rubbed at edges; sporadic minimal dampstaining and spotting throughout, mostly affecting the prelims, with the plates for the most part clean; a very good copy, scarce thus. Provenance: Stamp of Hungarian collector Lajos Pokorny to the ffep.
First authorised edition.
A beautifully-illustrated early first-hand account of Southern California in the mid 19th century, with chapters on the economy (namely gold), Natural History, and lives of the Native Americans, written by a Hungarian freedom fighter in exile who, during his time serving with the U.S. Army, visited Los Angeles and the Tejon Indian tribes. Baja California was almost unknown at the time of his writing, and his contributions to later understanding and writings of the area were instrumental: he collected numerous Natural History specimens, and several zoological and botanical taxa were later named after him.
Rare.