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(CALIFORNIA.) Taylor, Bayard. Eldorado, or, Adventures in the Path of Empire, Comprising a Voyage to California, via Panama. 8 tinted plates. xii, 251; [4], 247, 43, [2] pages. 2 volumes. 12mo, publisher's cloth, minor wear, front joints starting; moderate foxing; catalogue description tipped to front free endpaper; bookplates on front pastedowns. New York, 1850
first edition, American issue. "An excellent depiction of the gold-rush period by a professional traveler and trained observer"--Hill 1674. "The colored plates are beautifully tinted works of art"--Zamorano Eighty 73. Howes T43 ("aa"); Sabin 94440; Wheat, Gold Rush 204.
