Nov 06, 2014 - Sale 2364

Sale 2364 - Lot 407

Price Realized: $ 500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(MEXICO--1787.) Paloú, Francisco. Relacion historica de la vida y apostolicas tareas del venerable Padre Fray Junipero Serra, y de las misiones que fundó en la California Septentrional. [28], 344 pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear; lacking folding map and portrait plate (facsimiles laid in), otherwise just minimal foxing. México: Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros, 1787

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first edition issue with corrected "PRO-" catchword at end of index. "Perhaps the best known of all works relating to California"--Wagner, Spanish Southwest 168. Cowan 1933, page 171; Hill 1289; Howes P56 ("c"); Medina, México 7731; Palau 210789; Zamarano Eighty 59.