Feb 04, 2016 - Sale 2404

Sale 2404 - Lot 97

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(CALIFORNIA.) Venegas, Miguel. A Natural and Civil History of California. Folding map, 4 plates. [20], 455; [8], 387 pages. 2 volumes. 8vo, 19th-century 1/2 calf, minor wear; moderate dampstaining, intermittent edge soiling, long closed tears to leaves I:M1 and II:K3; uncut and partially unopened; early collector's bookplates on front pastedowns, embossed stamps on title pages. (GM) London: Rivington and Fletcher, 1759

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first edition in english of the first history of California. Cowan 1933, page 658; Howes V69 ("b"); Palau 358390; Sabin 98845; Wagner, Spanish Southwest 132a.