Thirty-five (of thirty-six) portraits. Lacks the frontispiece portrait of Ignatio Pacheco. 516 pp
1880 · San Francisco
by [Munro-Fraser, J.P.]
San Francisco: Alley, Bowen & Co, 1880. Thirty-five (of thirty-six) portraits. Lacks the frontispiece portrait of Ignatio Pacheco. 516 pp. Modern cloth, spine gilt. Light staining along the lower edges of the early text and plates. Final text leaf reinforced with tape along foredge. Good. Thirty-five (of thirty-six) portraits. Lacks the frontispiece portrait of Ignatio Pacheco. 516 pp. An extensive and early California county history, the first for this affluent county just across the Golden Gate from San Francisco. Included is a general history (with sections on Mexican land grants and notable homicides), as well as histories of several towns, including Bolinas, Novato, Point Reyes, San Rafael, and Sausalito. The final hundred pages comprise biographical sketches of prominent men of the county, many of whom are depicted by portraits. Rocq 4937; Cowan, p.414; Howes M896, "b
(Inventory #: 251843)