Nov 06, 2014 - Sale 2364

Sale 2364 - Lot 24

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(CALIFORNIA.) Clavigero, Francisco Saverio. Storia della California, opera postuma. Folding map. 276; 212, [2] pages. 2 volumes. 8vo, original boards, moderate wear, worn later labels on backstrips; lacking errata leaf in Volume I, moderate foxing; uncut; small inked "MM" stamps on verso of titles and page 52. In modern cloth slipcase. Venice: Fenzo, 1789

Additional Details

first edition. A history of Baja California, which also mentions Salvatierra and Kino's expedition and the mission at San Francisco. Cowan 1933, page 129; Howes C465 ("b"); Palau 55491; Pilling 825; Sabin 13524; Wagner, Spanish Southwest 172.