BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir. The City of the Saints. FIRST EDITION.
BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir (1821-1890). The City of the Saints and Across the Rocky Mountains to California. London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861.
8vo (220 x 137 mm). Half-title; 8 steel-engraved plates, engraved folding map with hand-colored route, engraved folding plan of Salt Lake City, numerous wood-engraved illustrations. (Slight toning and offsetting.) 20th-century half brown morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Riviere & Son (slight wear to spine and extremities, some minor staining).
FIRST EDITION, describing Burton’s 1860 journey through Sioux territory to Salt Lake City. “The City of Saints is one of [Burton's] best works… a rare account by an experienced traveler who was alert to every detail, to language, to the nuances of a dynamic developing nation” (Rice, Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton, pp. 334-335). Penzer, pp. 68-69; Graff 512; Howes B-1033; Sabin 9497; Spink 23; Wagner-Camp 370:1.