[SAN FRANCISCO]. SWASEY, William F., Captain. View of San Francisco, formerly Yerba Buena, in 1846-7. Before the Discovery of Gold.   San Francisco: Bosqui Eng. & Print Co.,   1884.  

Lithograph with hand-coloring, 502 x 548 mm visible area, matted and framed (unexamined out of frame). Some overall browning, some surface staining, a few mostly marginal tears or losses occasionally crossing image.  

RARE BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF SAN FRANCISCO by noted California engraver Edward Bosqui, showing the early layout of streets, naming Clay, Kearney [sic], Washington and Montgomery Streets.   A key in the lower margin identifies ships and early buildings, and two arrows mark the trails to the Presidio and Mission Dolores.   Reps 343 (state II with the date).

Frame size - 32" x 33"
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