Biographical Sketches of the Delegates to the Convention to Frame a New Constitution for the State of California, 1878

San Francisco: Francis & Valentine, 1878. 176 pp. 8vo. Original red cloth, front board gilt. Cloth rubbed and a bit faded. Inner front hinge weakening. About very good. In a cloth chemise and half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt. 176 pp. 8vo. Scarce biographical guide to the more than 150 men who participated in the California constitutional convention of 1878. This was the first revision of the 1849 California constitution. Also includes a review of events leading up to the 1849 constitutional convention in Monterey and a list of its members. Cowan, p.54