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Paris: Durand, 1767. Paris: Durand, 1767. Volume II of 3 volumes. First edition in French. 16mo. Leather spine over decorative boards. 7 compartments, highly decorative design in gilt. All edges marble. Antique marble endpapers, 375 pp. In French. Oldest history of California. Heavy rubbing to bottom front corner of boards. Previous owner bookplate. Hinges sound. Very good.. First Edition in French. Hard Cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Paris: Durand, 1767. Paris: Durand, 1767. Volume I of 3 volumes. First edition in French. 16mo. Leather spine over decorative boards. 7 compartments, highly decorative design in gilt. All edges marble. Antique marble endpapers, 360 pp. In French. Oldest history of California. Heavy rubbing to bottom rear corner of boards. Previous owner bookplate. Hinges sound. Very good.. First Edition in French. Hard Cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Pages 360 + 375 + 354 pages.16mo. Three volumes bound in full comtemporary mottled calf. Red leather spine labels, tooled in gold. Covers with gold borders. Sewn headbands. Marbled end papers and edges. Folding map of California in front of voume one. Zamorano 80; Howes V-69; Wagner, Spanish Southwest 132b; Hill 1769; Sabin 98843. Bookplate of Keneth M. Johnson on front paste down of volume one. Philadelphia bookseller A. E. Foote's bookseller's mark on front paste down of all three volumes. Much rubbing to all extremities. Hinges tender with leather starting to crack. Text blocks fine and tight. One short closed tear to map at hinge. Original ower's name & date in ink on all three title pages. Some pencil marks in volume one. A very attractive set in the original binding.

[2], XXIV, 360; VIII, 375; VIII, 354, [2] pp.First edition of the French translation of one of the earliest and most important works on early California. The original Spanish edition was written by Andrés Marcos Burriel (1719-1762), a Spanish Jesuit, after memoires by Miguél Vénegas (1680-1764), who was a Jesuit as well. This French translation, by Marc Antoine Eidous, was based on the English one, and makes no mention of the Spanish authors at all. Vénegas had never actually been to California, but relied on relations of several missionaries who had been there. His book, after being edited and compiled by Burriel, became the most extensive account on Lower California of the 18th century. It contains some rare facts and details on the work of the missionaries and on the customs of the Californian inhabitants. The work was also responsible for putting an end to the myth that California was an island, which was proven when in 1746 father Ferdinand Consag led an expedition to the mouth of the… Leer más