LE JEUNE VOYAGEUR EN CALIFORNIE RÉCITS INSTRUCTIFS ET MORAUX OFFRANT DES DÉTAILS CURIEUX SUR CETTE RÉGION DE L'AMERIQUE ET SUR LES COUTUMES USAGES ET MOEURS DE SES HABITANTS.
Paris. [1852]. [4],248pp. plus eight handcolored plates (including frontispiece). Half title. Original gilt cloth, neatly rebacked, original gilt spine laid down, a.e.g. Very clean internally. Very good. Scarce French novel of an adventurer's journey to California to partake in the Gold Rush. While such works were usually meant as cautionary.....