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Les Petits Voyageurs en Californie.

May 27, 2022 By

Les Petits Voyageurs en Californie.
Les Petits Voyageurs en Californie.


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Item #44070
Les Petits Voyageurs en Californie.
Chavannes de la Giraudière, H. de.
A Mame et Co., ( 1853), Tours
19.5 cm. 188 pp. Color lithograph plates.
Price: $500

M. Canton and his two boys travel from Le Havre to New York, and across Panama to California, where they get caught up in Gold Fever. A good fictional look at life in the mining camps, California, and the Gulf of Mexico. Notable for its pretty decorated boards and wonderful color lithographs, including a view of San Francisco. Sabin 12350.

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