8 x 10" woodblock engraved view of the North and South Farallon Islands derived from a Carlton Watkins photograph of the same period, but unable to be replicated in mass publication as a photo yet due to technological limitations which remained until the 1890's. Woodblock was the way to reproduce what was otherwise a singular and unique image as a photograph. Exploited for eggs from seabirds and sealion fur , The Farallon Islands would be among the first offshore California Islands to be granted protections from visitors which remain in place today. Fine original condition and grand presence of this special location. In German