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Seller's Description:
Fine copy. Octavo. 20 pages of text, plus plates. Inscribed by the translator, Porter Garnett. Author arrived in San Francisco aboard the Ruric in 1816, under Kotzebue. Includes a short narrative with accompanying art reproductions and photos of San Francisco at the time the book was published. Very scarce in this condition.
Publisher:
San Francisco, Calif. : A. M. Robertson, 1913
Alibris ID:
11965463857
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Seller's Description:
Hardcover. 12mo. 5 x 7-3/8 inches. First edition; 20 pp. + plates; original grey boards, spine chipped at the head and along hinge, Cover soiled. With these defects, book must be graded Good, but interior is sound and clean. Pages unmarked, all plates present. Translation of Voyage pittoresque autour du monde by Louis Choris, published in 1822. With "illustrations from Drawings made by Choris in the year 1816."