Le Colorado aux États-Unis d'Amerique. Liste des minerais fournis par diverses personnes a l'exposition universelle de 1867 a Paris
Paris: L. Berger, 1867. Translated by Gustave Naquet. 8vo. 71 pp. Two maps (of Colorado and the United States). Early 20th-century half morocco, marbled boards, original printed wrappers bound in. Some pale browning, light wear at extremities. Item #403620
FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH, published for the Universal Exposition at Paris, 1867. Whitney represented the Colorado Territory in its mineral exhibition, and the display of Colorado Ore was awarded a Gold Medal. The display of raw materials from the nations of the world formed the central zone of the elliptically shaped building designed to make the exhibition truly an exposition universelle. Whitney's enthusiasm was over-the-top; he writes "We find a belt of pyritous gold veins in Colorado surpassing in richness any known in the world, to which the gold fields of California bear no comparison." See Howes W-387. Wynar 2496.
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