7 x 9" reduced and unique lithographic edition of Fredrick Hess' famous Steel engraved view of San Francisco Buildings of Merit. Showing the silver wealth in Sf for the 1870's & 80's . Rare German edition with German text along bottom and a smaller number of vignettes than other more well known representations of Hess's work. A San Francisco based printer and publisher who immigrated from Germany (1866 )and sold to the German market , both within the United States and in Germany. In all cases promoting San Francisco and its merits. Fine condition .