MUIR, John [Editor].
Picturesque California: The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope.
India Proof Edition of John Muir's Picturesque California
New York and San Francisco: J. Dewing Publishing Company, 1888.
$2,500.00
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India Proof edition of this lavishly illustrated late-nineteenth-century survey of the American West, edited by John Muir who provided seven articles. Folio, ten volumes, original publisher's blue-gray pictorial cloth with red and black decorations, numbered 1480. Illustrated with etchings, photogravures, and wood engravings by eminent American artists including Thomas Moran, Julian Rix, Frederic Remington, Thomas Hill, and many others. In very good condition with volumes 2 and 9 lacking spine labels. A very sharp set.
Picturesque California: The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope, edited by John Muir and published in the late nineteenth century, is a monumental illustrated survey that combines natural history, landscape description, and visual artistry to celebrate the scenic grandeur of the American West. Featuring essays by Muir and other prominent writers alongside numerous engravings and photogravures, the work constructs a romantic and scientifically informed vision of Western geography—from the Sierra Nevada to the Pacific Coast—at a moment when industrialization and expansion were rapidly altering these environments. Muir’s editorial framing emphasizes both the aesthetic and ecological significance of the region, aligning the volume with emerging conservationist thought and situating it within broader cultural efforts to define the American wilderness as a national heritage.
Picturesque California: The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope.
$2,500.00
Out of Stock