The Wonders of the Yosemite Valley, and of California

The Wonders of the Yosemite Valley, and of California

Bound volume

John P. Soule

Maker
American, 1828–1904

The Wonders of the Yosemite Valley, and of California

1872
Bound volume with albumen silver prints
Overall (closed): 27.9 × 18.4 × 2.5 cm (11 × 7 1/4 × 1 in.)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1950.0006.0009
DescriptionPhotographically illustrated book containing 10 albumen silver prints. Published by Alexander Moore (Boston) and Lee, Shepard & Dillingham (New York). Cover is red with debossed gold and black lettering and decorative elements.
Inscriptions Debossed in black and gold on front cover, C: The WONDERS \ OF THE \ YOSEMITE \ VALLEY \ AND OF \ CALIFORNIA. \ KNEELAND'S
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) inside front cover, TLC: 39 - Waterfalls -
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on recto of front free endpaper, T: 2 copies in Boyer Collection on \ account - One will Note by comparing \ the 2 copies that the Prints \ vary considerable \ in light & shade - \ Boyer \ 6-1944
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on endsheet, TR: American \ Early Photography 1872 \ B \ 3/1944
Inscribed in pencil on endsheet, C: Edwin G. Talbot \ 1873. \ Christmas.
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on recto of back free endpaper, TC: Reade \ Chgo \ I [circled] Σr \ AB 3-1944
Debossed in back cover, C: The WONDERS \ OF THE \ YOSEMITE \ VALLEY \ AND OF \ CALIFORNIA. \ KNEELAND'S

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