The Yosemite book
Subtitle: a description of the Yosemite Valley and the adjacent region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the big trees of California, illustrated by maps and photographs Published by authority of the Legislature
By: Geological Survey of California, J.D. Whitney, State Geologist.
Contributors: Whitney, J. D. 1819-1896.; Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916.; Gardner, J. T.; Hoffmann, C. F. 1838-1913.; King, Clarence, 1842-1901.
Publisher: Julius Bien
Published: 1868
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 116
Subjects: Yosemite Valley (Calif.); Yosemite Valley (Calif.) -- Description and travel.; Yosemite Valley (Calif.) -- Pictorial works.; Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- Description and travel.
Genres: Pictorial works.
Notes: Photographer: C.E. Watkins; cartographers: J.T. Gardner, Charles F. Hoffmann and C. King.

"Published by authority of the Legislature."

"Illustrated by maps and photographs."  

Numbered plates comprise mounted photographic prints with letterpress legends.

250 copies issued; subsequently published without the photographs, but with the maps, as: The Yosemite guide-book (Cambridge, Mass. : University Press, 1871). Cf. p. 13.

At head of title:  Geological Survey of California.  J.D. Whitney, State Geologist.

Report of a detailed geographical and geological survey organized by the State Geologist. Cf. p. 12.

Copy in San Francisco History Center lacks maps.