The Wonders of Yosemite Valley
Bound volume
The Wonders of Yosemite Valley
1871
Bound volume with albumen silver prints
Overall: 10 3/4 × 7 5/16 × 13/16 in. (27.3 × 18.5 × 2.1 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1974.0236.0001-0010
DescriptionBook containing ten albumen silver prints. Bound in red leather with gilt and black floral decoration, with plain endpapers.
Inscriptions Printed in gilt on spine, C: YOSEMITE [oriented horizontally]
Inscribed on applied rectangular white sticker on spine, BC: 05.1 \ 1871
Printed in gilt on cover on recto, C: The Wonders \ of the \ Yosemite \ Valley \ and of \ California. \ Prof. Kneeland
Inscribed in pencil on cover on recto, TRC: 1871
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on first page on recto, RC: Photography 1871. [also remnants of ink, possibly transfer]
Printed on first title page (third page) on recto, C: THE WONDERS OF YOSEMITE VALLEY, \ and of \ CALIFORNIA. \ (v)
Printed on second title page (fifth page) on recto, C: THE WONDERS \ of the \ YOSEMITE VALLEY, \ and of \ CALIFORNIA. \ Prof. SAMUEL KNEELAND, A.M., M.D., \ PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY IN THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. \ WITH ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS, \ By JOHN P. SOULE. \ BOSTON: \ ALEXANDER MOORE. \ 1871.
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on inside of back cover, TRC: [illeg., circled] Borton 1945 \ 1[circled] EV \ B
Impressed on back cover (but not filled with gilt), C: The Wonders \ of the \ Yosemite \ Valley \ and of \ California. \ Prof.
Inscribed on applied rectangular white sticker on spine, BC: 05.1 \ 1871
Printed in gilt on cover on recto, C: The Wonders \ of the \ Yosemite \ Valley \ and of \ California. \ Prof. Kneeland
Inscribed in pencil on cover on recto, TRC: 1871
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on first page on recto, RC: Photography 1871. [also remnants of ink, possibly transfer]
Printed on first title page (third page) on recto, C: THE WONDERS OF YOSEMITE VALLEY, \ and of \ CALIFORNIA. \ (v)
Printed on second title page (fifth page) on recto, C: THE WONDERS \ of the \ YOSEMITE VALLEY, \ and of \ CALIFORNIA. \ Prof. SAMUEL KNEELAND, A.M., M.D., \ PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY IN THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. \ WITH ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS, \ By JOHN P. SOULE. \ BOSTON: \ ALEXANDER MOORE. \ 1871.
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on inside of back cover, TRC: [illeg., circled] Borton 1945 \ 1[circled] EV \ B
Impressed on back cover (but not filled with gilt), C: The Wonders \ of the \ Yosemite \ Valley \ and of \ California. \ Prof.
