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Steel engraved panoramic view, 12.5x45.5 cm., surrounded by 22 steel engraved vignettes of various sizes, plus margins. Overall 31.6x66.8 cm. (12½x26½").

Very rare steel-engraved view of San Francisco with surrounding vignettes of various architectural landmarks of the city including: Nevada Block, Calvary Church, Palace Hotel, City Hall, Grand Hotel, Cliff House, The White House, Corner of Geary and Kearny, Mercantile Library, Oriental Block, etc. Very little is known about the creator of this rare print, Frederick Hess, he is known to have also produced a lettersheet with different views (Baird 232). Reps locates two copies of an 1874 printing (Library of Congress and the Oakland Museum) but makes no mention of this 1875 printing.