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Scenes de la Vie Californienne 1859
Scenes de la Vie Californienne 1859
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Author: Gerstäcker, F[riedrich]
Title: Scènes de la Vie Californienne
Place Published: Genève
Publisher:Imprimerie de Jules-Gme. Fick
Date Published: 1859
Description:


260, [3] pp. Translated from the German by Gustave Revilliod. With 6 mounted etchings on India paper. (8vo) 22.5x14.5 cm (8¾x5½"), original blindstamped brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Illustrated Edition and First Edition in French.



"Gerstäcker's fictionalized California sketches, like his Travels, consists of descriptions of San Francisco and the mines. The French translation is embellished with A. Gandon's beautiful and sometimes humorous etchings" - Kurutz.

Provenance: Genève, 8/78
Condition
Just slight rubbing near spine ends and corners; some faint foxing; very good or better.
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