The Illustrated Atlas and History of Yolo County, Cal. Containing a history of California from 1513 to 1850, a history of Yolo County from 1825 to 1880, with statistics of agriculture, education, churches, elections, lithographic views of farms, residences, mills &c., portraits of well-known citizens, and the official county map by CALIFORNIA - De Pue & Company, publishers - 1879

San Francisco: De Pue & Company ... Jos. Winterburn & Co., printers, 1879. Folio. 65 lithographed maps and plates (50 numbered lithographed plates showing farms, buildings, ranches, towns, etc. [11 double-page]; 9 unnumbered lithographed plates with multiple portraits of citizenry; 6 hand-colored lithographed maps [5 double-page]), lithographed by Galloway of San Francisco. Expertly bound to style in half black morocco and original cloth covered boards, upper cover blocked in gilt Scarce California county atlas. A lovely county atlas of the rural communities in Yolo County. The principal residents and ranches are all depicted, as well as the local farming-related businesses. Of particular note is an image of the J.E. Card Nursery and the thoroughbred stock farm of Theodore Winters. The history of California within the work is written by Frank T. Gilbert. As with most 19th century county atlases, the work was published strictly by subscription. Given the relatively small size of the county in terms of population, the atlas would not have been published in a large print run, resulting in its rarity today. "Despite their limitations and inaccuracies, nineteenth-century county atlases nonetheless preserve a detailed cartographical, biographical, and pictorial record of a large segment of rural America in the Victorian age" (Ristow, American Maps and Mapmakers, p. 424). Phillips, 11503; LeGear. Atlases of the United States, L482; Rumsey 2146.