A SERIES OF CHARTS, WITH SAILING DIRECTIONS, EMBRACING SURVEYS OF THE FARALLONES, ENTRANCE TO THE BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO.STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
Ringgold, Cadwallader
Verlag: Printed by Jno. T. Towers, Washington, 1852
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48pp. plus eight lithographic plates including frontispiece, and six folding maps. [bound with:] CORRESPONDENCE TO ACCOMPANY MAPS AND CHARTS OF CALIFORNIA. [Washington. 1851]. 15pp., bound in at front. Copy of a photographic portrait of Ringgold, 4 x 2 1/4 inches, bound in at rear. Quarto. Original pictorial cloth boards, stamped in gilt and blind, with modern black cloth backstrip, gilt. Boards sunned and a bit rubbed, corners mildly bumped. Scattered light foxing. Two maps with two-inch closed tears where bound in, else the maps in exceptionally nice condition. Pamphlet edgeworn. Very good. The "fourth edition, with additions," after the first of 1851. Ringgold undertook the survey of the area from the Farallones to Sacramento at the request of a group of prominent San Franciscans, and this guide was utilized extensively during the peak years of the emigration and Gold Rush. The frontispiece is a view of San Francisco from Yerba Buena Island. The other plates show smaller, similar views of other areas, generally two to a plate. This edition was issued the year after the first. "The fourth edition includes minor changes in spelling and typography, an additional set of sailing directions for approaching San Francisco Bay, and additional descriptive material" - Kurutz. Bound in at the front of this copy is the quite uncommon government printing of CORRESPONDENCE TO ACCOMPANY MAPS AND CHARTS OF CALIFORNIA, inscribed on the front wrapper: "For Mr. R.D. Catts with respect of Cadwallader Ringgold US Navy." The text prints congratulatory correspondence from, among others, Matthew F. Maury and Jefferson Davis, a commendatory resolution introduced by California Senator William Gwin, and positive opinions of the press. This is the first time we have seen this title. HOWES R303. SABIN 71425, 71424. COWAN, p.534. KURUTZ 536e. HILL 1454. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers WRCAM55908
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Titel: A SERIES OF CHARTS, WITH SAILING DIRECTIONS,...
Verlag: Printed by Jno. T. Towers, Washington
Erscheinungsdatum: 1852
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A SERIES OF CHARTS, WITH SAILING DIRECTIONS, EMBRACING SURVEYS OF THE FARALLONES, ENTRANCE TO THE BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO.STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
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Washington: Printed by Jno. T. Towers, 1852., 1852
Gebraucht
Anbieter: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, USA
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The "fourth edition, with additions," after the first of 1851. Ringgold undertook the survey of the area from the Farallones to Sacramento at the request of a group of prominent San Franciscans, and this guide was utilized extensively during the peak years of the emigration and Gold Rush. The frontispiece is a view of San Francisco from Yerba Buena Island. The other plates show smaller, similar views of other areas, generally two to a plate. This edition was issued the year after the first. "The fourth edition includes minor changes in spelling and typography, an additional set of sailing directions for approaching San Francisco Bay, and additional descriptive material" - Kurutz. Bound in at the front of this copy is the quite uncommon government printing of CORRESPONDENCE TO ACCOMPANY MAPS AND CHARTS OF CALIFORNIA, inscribed on the front wrapper: "For Mr. R.D. Catts with respect of Cadwallader Ringgold US Navy." The text prints congratulatory correspondence from, among others, Matthew F. Maury and Jefferson Davis, a commendatory resolution introduced by California Senator William Gwin, and positive opinions of the press. This is the first time we have seen this title. HOWES R303. SABIN 71425, 71424. COWAN, p.534. KURUTZ 536e. HILL 1454. 48pp. plus eight lithographic plates including frontispiece, and six folding maps. [bound with:] CORRESPONDENCE TO ACCOMPANY MAPS AND CHARTS OF CALIFORNIA. [Washington. 1851]. 15pp., bound in at front. Copy of a photographic portrait of Ringgold, 4 x 2¼ inches, bound in at rear. Quarto. Original pictorial cloth boards, stamped in gilt and blind, with modern black cloth backstrip, gilt. Boards sunned and a bit rubbed, corners mildly bumped. Scattered light foxing. Two maps with two-inch closed tears where bound in, else the maps in exceptionally nice condition. Pamphlet edgeworn. Very good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 55908
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