(WATKINS, CARLETON E.)

WHITNEY, J.D. The Yosemite Book; A Description of the Yosemite Valley and the Adjacent Region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the Big Trees of California. With 24 mounted photographs by Carleton E. Watkins, and 4 photographs by W. Harris, and 2 large fold-out maps. Albumen prints, approximately 6 x 8 inches and the reverse, with letterpress captions on mount recto. Large 4to, half morocco gilt, light wear on extremities, foxing on preliminaries, all edges gilt. ONE OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 250. New York: Published by the authority of the Legislature by Julius Bien, 1868 [SEE ILLUSTRATION].