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Gold Mines of California by Foster, 1848 [159041]

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Gold Mines of California by Foster, 1848 [159041]
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The Gold Regions of California: Being a Succinct Description of the Geography, History, Topography, and General Features of California: Including a Carefully Prepared Account of the Gold Regions of that Fortunate Country. Prepared from official documents and other authentic sources. Edited by G.G. Foster. Published by Dewitt & Davenport, 1848. This is an important Gold Rush book. According to Streeter, "This is one of the first published accounts of the gold discovery in book form." The frontispiece map shows California from Los Angeles to Sutter Buttes, with the Gold Region encircled by a dotted line. Sutters Fort is located along with Fremont's Route, the route to Oregon, and towns along the Pacific Coast of California. According to Wheat, the map is one of the first to mention the Gold Region. This is the first edition of Foster's work, but the wrappers are not printed in gold, nor does it include the six leaves of ads usually found at the rear. This copy appears never to have included the advertisement pages and may represent a first printing. 80 pages. Good condition with original printed brown wrappers. Contained in a cloth clamshell box that is 6.25 x 9.5 inches. Earliest publication of the gold country in California. Very rare in any condition!

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