CALIFORNIEN, EN SKILDRING AF LANDET, DESS KLIMAT OCH GULDMINOR JEMTE RAD FOR UTVANDRARE OM DE FORDELAKTIGASTE SATTEN ATT NEDSATTA SIG DERSTADES.
Stockholm: A. Bonniers Forlag, 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo: [2], 205 pp. with an engraved frontispiece depicting four gold miners at work and a map. In period one-quarter calf over decorative paper-covered boards, with gilt-stamped titles and and blind-stamped borders. The corners are showing, with some scuffing along the spine. Howes C38; Sabin 9967; Cowan, p.102; Wagner-Camp 146:14; Kurutz 95n.
Swedish translation of Bryant's classic account, What I Saw in California (1848). Includes extracts from various letters and reports on California by Colonel Mason, Captain Wilkes, and others. The map shows all but the southernmost part of California. An important and quite scarce Swedish emigrant guide book for California. Good. Item #78671
Price: $400.00