Carleton Watkins : the complete mammoth photographs

We cite from the COVER:
"The extraordinary body of work produced by the photographer Carleton Watkins (1829-1916) between 1858 and 1891 constitutes one of the longest and most productive careers in nineteenth-century American photography. Over this period Watkins produced nearly thirteen hundred prints from "mammoth" (18 x 22 in.) glass-plate negatives, the majority of which exist in only one surviving print. Of these, fewer than three hundred images have been previously reproduced or exhibited."
"Drawing on three major Watkins collections and numerous smaller holdings from a wide range of public institutions and private collectors, the«-authors have assembled and catalogued here all 1,273 of Watkins's known mammoth-plate photographs. These include views of Yosemite, San Francisco Bay, counties up and down the Pacific Coast, as well as mining pictures, lumber mills, the building of railroads, and the stunning landscapes and burgeoning towns throughout the early history of the western United States."
"The editors have organized this catalogue raisonné by region, with an introduction and reproductions of vintage maps, followed by full documentation for each mammothphotograph. Two appendixes include a late-nineteenth-century inventory of Watkins's negatives and an illustrated guide to his signatures, both of which will be of value to scholars, collectors, and dealers. The book also includes an index and extensive bibliographic references."
"This monumental work, which was researched, documented, and assembled over many years, contributes not only to a fuller understanding of one of America's premier photographers but also to the study of the American West and the expansion of the nation into lands beyond the Rockies."
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