The forest trees of California. Sequoia gigantea. Calaveras mammoth tree grove. Photographs from the original drawings of Edward Vischer, with contributions from various sources.

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Description

Title: The forest trees of California. Sequoia gigantea. Calaveras mammoth tree grove. Photographs from the original drawings of Edward Vischer, with contributions from various sources.
Creator: Vischer, Edward
Published / Created: [1864] '63.
Publication Place: San Francisco,
Publisher: E. Vischer
Description: BEIN: Original wrappers bound in.
Contains some material identical with that in the author's The mammoth tree grove ... 1862.
Vol. 1 consists of "Sequoia gigantea" (1 leaf) dated 1864 and "The mammoth tree grove, Calaveras county, Cal., and its avenues" (1 l., 13, iii p.) with special t.-p. dated 1862, preceded by a general t.-p. and an index.
Vol. 1 corresponds to item 5a of Farquhar's Yosemite ... a selective bibliography.
Vol. 2 consists of plates, preceded by a dedicatory leaf from the author to the librarian of Yale College and an index. There is no t.-p., the cover-title reading: The forests of California: Sequoia gigantea sempervirens. Calaveras mammoth tree grove. Photographs from the original drawings of Edward Vischer.
Extent: 2 v. in 1. 26 mounted pl. 28 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Zc72 +864x

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: still image
Subject (Topic): Giant sequoia

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 1515830
Object ID (OID): 15492819