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Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California...including the Mammoth Trees of Calaveras; Caves and Natural Bridges; the Yo-Semite Valley; the Mammoth Trees of Mariposa and Frezno; Mount Shasta... Author: Hutchings, James Mason Place: San Francisco Publisher: Hutchings & Rosenfield Date: [1860] Description: 236 pp. Illustrated with 93 wood engravings. 23x14 cm (9x5¾") red pebble cloth decoratively tooled in gilt, all edges gilt. First Edition, First Issue. The first book-length description of California's natural attractions, and the first work to describe extensively the big trees and the Yosemite region. "Hutchings was editor and publisher of Hutchings' California Magazine, founded in 1856. This book is the first work to promote the natural beauty and scenery of California" - Greenwood. Cowan p.300; Currey & Kruska 64; Farquhar 4a; Greenwood 1275. Lot Amendments Condition: Slight lean to spine, soiling to spine and covers, some rubbing to extremities, page toning, some ill-creasing; overall very good. Item number: 316454