A journey to Great-Salt-Lake City … with a sketch of the history, religion, and customs of the Mormons, and an introduction of the religious movement in the United States
London: W. Jeffs, 1861. First edition in English (first published in Paris, 1860), 2 volumes, large 8vo, pp. [2], cxxxi, [1], 508; vii, [1], 605, [1]; 10 steel engravings (i.e. 5 plates, 3 portraits, and 2 facsimiles), and a folding map; original purple cloth, spines slightly faded, tops of both spines cracked and with small chips out, bottom on both spines cracked; these defects notwithstanding, a very good, bright and sound copy, largely unopened set, with no cracking of the hinges. Flake 6867; Howes R-210; Monaghan 1220; Pilling, Proof-sheets, 3219; Sabin 64594; Wagner-Camp (Becker), 364:2: "Remy and … Brenchley traveled from San Francisco to Salt Lake City in the summer of 1855. After a month's stay they left for Los Angeles, which they reached on November 29, and then returned to San Francisco … The Frenchmen were fascinated by the Mormons, and much of this book is devoted to the new American religion." Item #25742
Price: $1,000.00
