ELDORADO by Taylor, Bayard - 1968

Palo Alto, California: Lewis Osborne, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. Being a True Facsimile of the Whole of the First 1850 Edition, Including the Original Color Plates, with a Biographical Introduction by Richard H. Dillon. Two volumes. A travel writer for the New York Tribune, Taylor traveled to California via Panama to observe the gold rush scene, recording these observations in frequent letters he sent to the paper, which form the basis of this work. Originally published in 1850, this work contains some of the most descriptive and true to life portraits of events in the mining camps, the California Constitutional Convention, and in early San Francisco and Monterey. Signed by Dillon on the front flyleaf in each volume. Full beige cloth bindings, with decorative gilt stamping. A very good set, housed in the publisher's slipcase, which is scuffed on one panel and a bit edgeworn. The Zamorano Eighty, #73.