Nov 18, 2008 - Sale 2163

Sale 2163 - Lot 136

Price Realized: $ 1,348
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(FLORIDA.) [Gonzalez de Barcia, Andres]. Ensayo Cronologico, para la Historia General de la Florida. Folding table with short tear. Folio, contemporary vellum, worn; early manuscript notes on title page showing that the pseudonym "Gabriel de Cardenas z Cano" is an anagram for the author's name; early owner's inked insignia on fore-edge. Madrid, 1723
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"Covers early explorations in the whole continent north of Mexico and east of the Pacific coast . . . The principal authority on Florida itself during its two decades of undisputed Spanish supremacy"--Howes B130. European Americana 723/10; Medina BHA VII:7885; Palau 105049; Sabin 3349; Wagner Spanish Southwest 84.