Vischer's Pictorial of California, published 1870, views approximately 1858-1870.

Summary

Title:

Vischer's pictorial of California [Bancroft Library copy 1, atlas]

Dates:

published 1870, views approximately 1858-1870.

Creators:

Vischer, Edward

Abstract:

Photographic reproductions of California scenes originally executed in various media, chiefly drawings by Vischer himself. Vischer used photography to reproduce his drawings as well as photographic views and illustrations by others.

Extent:

199 pictures bound in 1 volume

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Vischer's Pictorial of California, ff/F866.V83 1870 atlas, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

Photographic reproductions of California scenes originally executed in various media, chiefly drawings by Vischer himself. Vischer used photography to reproduce his drawings as well as photographic views and illustrations by others.

Views include California's scenic landscapes, natural wonders, mines and other natural resources, sites of historical interest, and illustrations of settlement and "progress".

Includes some photographic reproductions of photographs by Carleton E. Watkins, Thomas Houseworth, Eadweard Muybridge, and others.

Arrangement:

This volume is organized into series:

1. Sixty views of Californian landscape
2. Trees and forest scenes
3. Grand features of California scenery
4. Review of California's progress

Physical location:

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.

Physical facet:

: albumen photographic prints

Dimensions:

; volume approximately 36 cm

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related resources

Related material:

Bancroft Library Honeyman Collection copy: Bancroft F591.H72.V5 1870

Another Bancroft Library copy: Bancroft F866.V83 1870 c.2

Digital images online from a copy at the Honnold Library of the Claremont Colleges: http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/vdp/id/1332

Other Vischer publications or portfolios include:

Panorama of the Washoe region from the summit of Mount Davidson, 1861.

The forest trees of California. Sequoia gigantea. Calaveras Mammoth Tree Grove. Photographs, from the original drawings of Edward Vischer, with contributions from various sources, [1862].

Sketches of the Washoe mining regions: photographs, reduced from originals, twenty-five numbers, 1862.

The mammoth tree grove, Calaveras County, Cal., and its avenues, 1862.

The Bancroft Library holds a number of original drawings by Vischer, most notably his California "Mission Era" series (BANC PIC 19xx.039) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf809nb6x4/

The Bancroft Library also holds a portfolio of Vischer's papers (BANC MSS 77/37 c).

Other descriptive data:

"Atlas" of illustrations accompanies smaller volume of text with collation: [10], 132, iii p., [3] leaves. Added title page in text volume: "Vischer's pictorial of California, landscape, trees and forest scenes, grand features of California scenery, life, traffic, and customs : photographs from the original drawings in five series of twelve numbers each, with a supplement, and contributions from reliable sources : San Francisco, April 1870."

Atlas bound as a guard book, with pages of plates printed on heavy card stock and bound in with linen strips. Plates are mounted on the heavy card stock.

Contains photographic reproductions, chiefly of drawings made by Vischer between 1858 and 1867. "Few copies contain precisely the same number of plates"--Cowan & Cowan.

Variants of both volumes have been noted. Text volume: t.p. printed in black (regular paper) or in red (heavy card stock); "Dedication to the Society of California Pioneers" (p. [i]-iii at end) printed in red or brown; atlas: some copies have on t.p. verso: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1870, by Edward Vischer, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C."

Also published in a "cheaper octavo edition"; see Howes.

Bancroft copy F866.V83 [copy 1]: Text volume in black cloth decorated in gold, title on front cover in gold; atlas (c. 1-2) in dark brown morocco.

Bancroft Library copy F866.V83 c. 1: 199 plates. Includes some photographic reproductions of photographs by Carleton E. Watkins, Thomas Houseworth, Eadweard Muybridge, and others.

Items 1-60 numbered in print on pages. Higher numbers supplied by Bancroft Library, reflecting the order of prints in Bancroft's F866.V83 1870 [copy 1].

This listing was keyed from an older typescript transcription of Vischer captions, without reference to the originals. Some inconsistency in style (capitalization, punctuation, and supplied notation) is present, and should not be assumed to be an accurate reflection of details found on originals.

The term "photograph" or "photographs" was sometimes supplied to indicate that the images are, or are likely to be, reproductions of photographs rather than photographic reproducitons of drawings. Originals were not checked to verify each likely photographic image.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Albumen prints
Photographically illustrated books

Names:

Vischer, Edward

Places:

California -- Pictorial works
California -- History

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Bancroft Library staff.

Date Encoded:

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-04-13 11:11:34 -0700 .

Restrictions:

Volume is available for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Vischer's Pictorial of California, ff/F866.V83 1870 atlas, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US

Contact:

510-642-6481

bancref-library@berkeley.edu

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