Journey to Great-Salt-Lake City...With A Sketch of the History,
Item #48230
REMY, Jules, and BRENCHLEY, Jules. A Journey to Great-Salt-Lake City...With A Sketch of the History, Religion, and Customs of the Mormons.... London: W. Jeffs, 1861. Two volumes. cxxxi,508; vii,605pp. plus plates and folding map. Half title and frontispiece portrait in each volume. Quarto. Original blue cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, spines gilt. Fine. HOWES R210, "aa." MINTZ 389. PILLING, PROOF-SHEETS 3219. SABIN 64594. WAGNER-CAMP 364:2. MONAGHAN 1220. FLAKE 6867. FORBES HAWAII 2447. First English translation, after the French language first edition of the previous year. Recounts the authors' trip from San Francisco to Salt Lake City in 1855, where they stayed for one month. Frenchmen, they "were fascinated by the Mormons, and much of this book is devoted to the new American religion" (Wagner-Camp). The folding map traces the authors' route. Contains some notes on the vocabulary of the native Indian tribes. A key Mormon item.
Price: $3,500.00