The  Pliocene skull
By: by Bret Harte ; sketches by E.M. Schaeffer, M.D., Dec. 8, 1870.
Contributors: Schaeffer, E. M.; Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Photolitho. reproduced by Peters & Rehn
Published: 1871
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Subjects: Humorous poetry, American -- West (U.S.); Mines and mineral resources -- Poetry.; Paleontology -- Pliocene -- Humor.; Miners in literature.
Genres: Poetry.; Humor.
Notes: Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Humorous poem inspired by the discovery of a human skull in a mine shaft in Calaveras County, Calif.; drawings inspired by the poem.
Photolithographic reproduction of hand-lettered text and drawings in illustrated boards. First issue has reproduction of t.p., with woodcut border, on front cover.